# List of shipwrecks in January 1883

The list of shipwrecks in January 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1883.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Congo | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Druridge Bay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andreas Banck | Sweden | The ship put in to Dantsic, Germany in a waterlogged condition and sank there. She was on a voyage from Västervik to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Lavinja | Germany | The barque was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from Libava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Ventspils, Courland Governorate to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| North America | Italy | The steamship struck a rock and foundered off Cape Palos, Spain. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Genoa. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Straits of Dover | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Norfolk, Virginia, United States. No further trace, reported overdue. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Doris | Germany | The ship was sighted off Deal, Kent, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Pillau to Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Emma and Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Looe, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dunscore | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Persian Monarch ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Cubitt Town, Middlesex. She was refloated on 7 January. |
| Save All | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run into by the steamship Empress ( United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the Humber. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pelican | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Telesilla ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Both crew were rescued by Telesilla. |
| Robert Williams | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Slade, Glamorgan and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a coaster. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Abersoch, Glamorgan. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Brussels | United Kingdom | City of Brussels and Kirby Hall. The ocean liner collided with the steamship Kirby Hall ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and cut in two. She sank with the loss of ten lives. Survivors were rescued by Kirby Hall. City of Brussels was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Jordan's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| guess | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with a steamship and sank in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glendoree | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to A Coruña, Spain. |
| Parry's Lodge | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Pwll Du Point, Glamorgan, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Amlwch, Anglesey, to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Scawfell | United Kingdom | The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Rosedale ( United Kingdom). |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sallie W. Kay | United States | The schooner was wrecked during a snowstorm 250 yards (230 m) off Ocean City, Maryland with the loss of one of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Unison | Germany | The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Milan ( Italy). Unison was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Puerto Rico. |
| William | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with the steamship Said ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Jenningtree Point with the loss of both crew. William was on a voyage from Wouldham, Kent to London. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arzilla | United Kingdom | The ship foundered with some loss of life. Eleven survivors were rescued by Hindostan ( United Kingdom). |
| Pride of the South | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Bembridge Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry's | Canada | The brig ran aground in the Solway Firth. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated and found to be leaky. Subsequently towed in to Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Jessie Shuttleworth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in a gale off Cape Tagmeriwelt, Morocco. |
| Libelle | Germany | The steamship was wrecked while entering the River Tyne off South Shields Her 29 passengers and crew were rescued by the Cullercoats Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to the River Tyne. |
| Wild Deer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Rock, near Portaferry, County Down. All 209 passengers and 41 crew survived and taken ashore in fishing boats. They were landed at Clougher. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New Zealand. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carl Johann | Sweden | The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Barbados. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reindeer | United Kingdom | The fishing smack collided with the fishing smack Mary Gowland ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Indus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Seine near Berville-sur-Seine, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to "Croisset", Seine-Inférieure. |
| Princesse Stephanie | Belgium | The steamship collided with the steamship Concha ( Spain) off Lisbon, Portugal. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cimbria | Germany | The Hammonia-class ocean liner ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to New York, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Hansa ( Germany) and resumed her voyage. |
| Lamperts | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Benisaf, Algeria to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Picardie | France | The steamship sprang a leak and sank off the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued by Labrador (Flag unknown). Picardie was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cimbria and Sultan | Germany United Kingdom | The Hammonia-class ocean liner Cimbria collided with the steamship Sultan and sank in the North Sea off Borkum with the loss of between 389 and 437 lives from the 490 people on board. Between 56 and 133 people were rescued by Diamant and Thetis (Flags unknown). Cimbria was on a voyage from Hamburg to New York, United States. Sultan rescued 39 people. She put in to Cuxhaven in a severely damaged condition. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allan | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Seal Carr Rock, off the coast of Berwickshire. Her crew survived. |
| Mariposa | United States | The brig was run down and sunk by the steamship Canima ( Canada and sank off Fisher's Island, New York with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Oranmore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fra Francisco | Italy | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Saint Vincent. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Inventa | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Christiania. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Debonair | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Helmsdale, Sutherland. She was refloated and beached. |
| Thistle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Plough Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by fishing cobles. |
| Thunder | United Kingdom | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Hamburg, Germany. |
| Volante | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Dantsic, Germany. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cyllenne | United Kingdom | The Thames barge foundered off Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of all hands. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abigail | United Kingdom | The brig sank in the Sound of Sanda. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Dunara Castle ( United Kingdom). Abigail was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin. |
| Cunliffe | United Kingdom | The sloop sank at Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Forfarshire | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Dunkerque. She was refloated the next day with assistance. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at New Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire. |
| Water Lily, and William | United Kingdom | The smacks collided off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of a crew member from one of the vessels. Water Lily sank, William was severely damaged. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for London. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Cedric | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Varna Bay. |
| Marseilles | United Kingdom | The steamship capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 27 January and drydocked the next day. |
| Sylvan | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the River Tyne for Almería, Spain. No further trace, reported overdue. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James Gray | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Janna | Netherlands | The brig struck The Manacles, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued by Goodrievey Bay United Kingdom. Janna was on a voyage from Cardiff to the West Indies. |
| Kuras | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Crosby, Lancashire. She was refloated on 8 February. |
| Percy | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked off Merlimont, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her four crew were rescued. |
| Star of Hope | United States | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Mersey. Her crew survived. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes Jack | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of her eighteen crew and her pilot. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, to Llanelli, Glamorgan. |
| Admiral Prinz Adalbert | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near the Mumbles Lighthouse, Glamorgan, with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. See Wolverhampton. |
| Carl | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. |
| Chavarri | United Kingdom | The cargo ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Savona, Italy. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, and probably sank on 28 January. Wreckage from the ship came ashore at St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire on 17 February. |
| Crimea | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilkeel, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kilkeel to Carmarthen. |
| Earnest, Eva, Hope Joseph, Marabout, Mary Ann Mandall Roma, and Wilson | United Kingdom | Marabout was driven from her moorings at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire and was driven into the schooner's Earnest, Eva, Hope, Joseph, Mary Ann Mandall, Roma and Wilson, (all United Kingdom, which were all damaged. |
| Freundschaft | Germany | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sara ( Germany). Freundschaft was on a voyage from West Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom to Geestemünde. |
| James | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Stranraer, Wigtownshire. Her crew survived. |
| James | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the tug Talisman ( United Kingdom) and sank in Loch Ryan. |
| James Grey | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands, about twenty lives. |
| Johanne | Denmark | The schooner foundered off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Halmstad, Sweden to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. |
| Kelso | United Kingdom | The schooner was found bottom up off Cardiff, Glamorgan. The fate of the crew is not known. |
| Mangerton | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Garston, Lancashire of Havana, Cuba. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Nicholson | Guernsey | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Gripper Banks ( United Kingdom). Nicholson was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Guernsey. |
| Percy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Royal Sovereign | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Washington | Germany | The ship foundered off the Shetland Islands. |
| Wolverhampton | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The lifeboat capsized near the Mumbles while going to the rescue of Admiral Prinz Adalbert ( Germany) with the loss of four of her six crew. She was declared a total loss and was replaced by another lifeboat bearing the same name. |
| Unnamed' | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelgrunde | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Alice | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at "Caloothone". She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hamburg. |
| Carnet | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Kamperduin, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Lord Cardigan | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Waterford. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Sirene | Russia | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kopervik, Norway. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Norrköping, Norway. |
| Son of Rechab | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked near St Mary's Holm, Orkney Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. |
| St Columba | United Kingdom | The vessel left Penarth, Glamorgan with a cargo of coal destined for Bombay, India. She subsequently foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all hands, including that of Rangers F.C. founder, Peter Campbell. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque was driven ashore a few miles from Southport, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Ballycotton, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Bywell Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship was sighted off Cabo Caboviero whilst on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She may have foundered in the Bay of Biscay, or have been wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk in February 1883. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Beaconsfield ( United Kingdom). Kate was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Larache | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Mogador, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. |
| Plassey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hythe, Kent. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. |
| Whitehaven Lass | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Workington, Cumberland. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edda | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sprogø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Korsør, Denmark. |
| Ernest Wood | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Grimbsy, Lincolnshire. |
| Glan Menai | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Port Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire for Coleraine, County Antrim. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Grace | United States | The steamer sank in a collision with Luray ( United States) in dense fog off Sewell's Point, Virginia with the loss of a crew member. |
| Madagascar | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. |
| Pavian | Flag unknown | The ship departed from "Passeroean", Java, Netherlands East Indies for Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine foundered 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Brancaster, Norfolk, United Kingdom. . |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Craigton | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Jutland | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another steamship at Blackwall, Middlesex and was severely damaged. She was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Terneuen, Zeeland, Netherlands to London. |
| Lass o'Doon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, south Holland, Netherlands. |
| Tide | Portugal | The barque was wrecked at Esposende. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Oporto. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1883 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore in the western Solent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exeter, Devon. |
| Alpin | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Alvin | Spain | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Virginia, United States. All on board were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Lewes, Delaware, United States. |
| Amélie | France | The steamship was lost in the Gulf of Lyons off Port Catte on or before 4 January. All on board, two passengers and 25 crew lost their lives. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Daisy ( United Kingdom). Avon was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Bracadaile | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Garmoyle, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Burgermeister de Waal | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground on the Schoudenwestplaat and was severely damaged. She was later refloated. |
| Cainan | United Kingdom | The ship . |
| Calamidas | Greece | The brig was wrecked at Chipiona, Spain with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to an English port. |
| Dagman | Germany | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kainit", South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Dare | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her six crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat. |
| Eaglet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Teaser ( United Kingdom). |
| Eden | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. |
| Fidélité | France | The ship was driven ashore at Lackeen Point, County Tipperary, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone. She subsequently broke up. |
| Fred E. Scammell | United States | The ship was driven ashore. She was later refloated and taken in to New York in a leaky condition. |
| Frens | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned. Her three crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat. |
| Friedrich Wilhelm IV | Germany | The barque was driven ashore on Hveen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull to Wismar. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Inflexible | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Clan Ogilvie and sank at Bombay, India before 26 January. She was refloated. |
| Kawe | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Tayport, Fife. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to a British port. |
| Laura | Portugal | The barque was driven ashore near Oporto. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Oporto. |
| Margaret Gunn | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Pentland Firth. Her seven crew were rescued by the Huna Lifeboat. |
| Mattie B. Russell | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 January. |
| Nanteos | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked. Her four crew were rescued by the Littlehaven Lifeboat. |
| Perseveranza | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Porth Neigwl, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Plantain | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated. |
| Portland | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 6 February and taken in to Portmadoc. |
| Pride of the Ocean | Gibraltar | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk between 8 and 12 January with the presumed loss of all 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to New York. |
| Racilia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Stubben, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London. |
| Resolut | Flag unknown | The barque departed New York, United States for Bremen, Germany, on 22 January and later was spoken to in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Newfoundland at 42°N 56°W﻿ / ﻿42°N 56°W﻿ / 42; -56. She subsequently disappeared. |
| Rio Douro | Portugal | The steamship was driven ashore near Oporto. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Oporto. She was refloated and taken in to Oporto. |
| Waesland | Belgium | The steamship ran aground in the Zuidergat near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was later refloated with assistance. |
| William H. Joyce | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a gale off the Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all eight crew. |
| Wilton | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Benisaf, Algeria to Baltimore. |
| Wisconsin | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Waterford. She was refloated and take in to Liverpool on 17 January. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner collided with the schooner May Flower ( United Kingdom) and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west by south of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The lighter sank at San Francisco, California. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated. |