# List of shipwrecks in February 1870

The list of shipwrecks in February 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1870.

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brunette | United States | During a voyage from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 274-gross register ton steam screw cargo ship sank with the loss of two lives six minutes after colliding with the steamer Santiago de Cuba (flag unknown) in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in 75 feet (23 m) of water. There were 11 survivors. Brunette's wreck is known as the "Doorknob Wreck." |
| Cruizer | United Kingdom | The paddle tug was driven ashore in Porlock Bay. Her crew survived. |
| Danube | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Hygeia | United Kingdom | The barque was severely damaged by fire at Ancona, Papal States. |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brig Maria ( United Kingdom) and sank off Spurn Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Thisted, Denmark to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Louisa Ann Fanny | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg. She was refloated. |
| Mellna | Hamburg | The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Embla ( Norway). Mellna was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg. She was subsequently taken in tow by Antagonist ( United Kingdom). |
| Rival | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off the mouth of the River Plate whilst on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sheffield | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Selby, Yorkshire. |
| Zenobe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Kirkcudbright. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at London. |
| Helen Scott | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Aberdeen. |
| Marwell | New Zealand | The 28-ton cutter hit rocks near Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf while laden with kauri gum and timber. |
| Navita | Newfoundland Colony | The ship was wrecked at Head's Harbour. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Havana, Cuba. |
| Olive M. Rourke | Canada | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Wexford, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Santa Maria Island, Azores on 28 May by Moshesh ( France). |
| River Jumna | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ystavet | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Penang, Straits Settlements on fire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Rangoon, Burma. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Elbury Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Barnard Sand. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Lady Cartier | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Malika | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Embla ( Norway). Malika was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg. She was towed in to Dartmouth, Devon by the tug Guide ( United Kingdom). |
| Martha | Newfoundland Colony | The ship was wrecked at Brandon, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |
| No-name | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Liscannor Bay. |
| Sarah Hughes | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Warrenpoint, County Down. |
| Transit | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated. |
| Waterlily | United Kingdom | The abandoned barque came ashore and was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Cabo Mondego, Portugal. She had been on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India. Her crew were presumed to have been lost. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Artemis | Greece | The brig was holed by ice and sank at Brăila, Ottoman Empire. |
| Advance, and Ashford | United Kingdom | The steamship Ashford collided with the steamship Advance ( United Kingdom) and sank off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Advance, which subsequently sank off Ryhope, County Durham. All on board Advance were rescued by the tug Fiery Cross ( United Kingdom). |
| Elize | France | The brigantine was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure. |
| Flamingo | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off the coast of County Clare with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Florence Pope | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Liverpool. |
| Hurry Seedee | India | The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by William Fairburn ( United Kingdom). Hurry Seedee was on a voyage from Calcutta to the Maldive Islands. |
| Luther | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Bonny ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Sloyne. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pittenweem, Fife. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Kingsbridge, Devon, United Kingdom with loss of life. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Petrino Palazo | Italy | The schooner was driven ashore near Lagos, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Duncansby Head, Caithness with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to a Norwegian port. |
| Eureka | Guernsey | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Eva | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Banff, Aberdeenshire with the loss of one of her six crew. |
| Harriette | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Gloucester. |
| Hebes | United Kingdom | The schooner ran ashore and was wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. |
| John Bell | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Red Bay, Ireland to Barrow in Furness, Lancashire. |
| Medea | United Kingdom | The brig ran ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to Bridlington. |
| Toni | Austria-Hungary | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Oaze Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies. She was refloated and put back to London. |
| Antias | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Brownlow | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Middlegrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to an English port. She was refloated on 17 February. |
| Elizabeth A. Bird | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the North Sand, in the North Sea. |
| Janette | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Sligo. She was on a voyage from Oyster Island, County Sligo to Sligo. |
| Marion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Oregon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cournanisi Rock, off Cape St. Angelo, Ottoman Empire. Her sixteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Angostura to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Orestes | United Kingdom | The brig was damaged by fire at Hartlepool. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her eight crew were rescued by the West Hartlepool Lifeboat. |
| Pool | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the North Sand. |
| Unnamed | Norway | A schooner was wrecked off Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom; there were no survivors. |

## 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. |
| Adret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Inchcolm, Fife. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She subsequently floated off and ran aground on the Drum Sands. She was taken in to Granton, Lothian on 5 March in a capsized condition. |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Gravelines, Nord to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Biago Asserto | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at the entrance to Lough Foyle. |
| Dasso | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) north west of Heligoland with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Mussel Craig, off Collieston, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked with the loss of all on board. |
| Freden | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was wrecked on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Northumberland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Helena was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Pará, Brazil. |
| Henry | Norway | The brigantine was wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her ten crew. |
| Herbert Birch | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Warrenpoint, County Antrim. |
| Hutoka | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Hartlepool, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Seaham, County Durham. |
| Lady Clarke | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Adra, Spain. |
| Light of the Harem, or Pride of the Harem | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Margheramore | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak, caught fire and was destroyed. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Stranraer, Wigtownshire. |
| Martha Lloyd | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Ipswich. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Alfred, the paddle tug Reaper and the yawl Trio (all United Kingdom). |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Silloth, Cumberland. |
| Mary Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |
| Onward | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Lough Foyle. |
| Panope | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Paquita | Spain | The barque was lost off "Gunabo Point". |
| Parnaby | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Middleton Sand, off the coast of County Durham. |
| Peacock | United Kingdom | The brig struck the pier at Blyth, Northumberland and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Blyth. |
| Star of Ind | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London. |
| Sundew | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland. |
| Susan Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Black Middens with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus, but a rescuer lost his life. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| Tasso | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Heligoland with the loss of six of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Elbe ( Bremen). Tasso was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Troubadour | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the east Kent coast. She was refloated. |

## 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Bessie Mitchell | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk off Lundy Island, Devon by the brig Volage ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived. Bessie Mitchell was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Jacana | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smacks Mary Ann and Rapid (both United Kingdom). Jacana was on her maiden voyage, from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cork. |
| Mary Walker | Canada | The schooner was wrecked at Southwest Harbor, Maine, United States. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Junon | France | The lugger foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north east of St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Pont-Audemer, Eure. |
| Maggie Hayes | United States | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion at Helena, Louisiana with the loss of ten lives. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
| Renown | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands, Northern Territory, South Australia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Yokohama, Japan. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Drum Sand, in the Firth of Forth off Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. |
| Bluebell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Warrenpoint, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Warrenpoint. She was refloated and towed in to Warrenpoint. |
| Carmela | Malta | The ship was wrecked at Mogador, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dordrecht | Netherlands | The ship capsized and was severely damaged. |
| Edith May | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Hermit | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Gibraltar. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Advance | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sylvanus Blanchard ( United States). Advance was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Anna Lena | Netherlands | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Courser | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of five of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Torbay, Devon. |
| Eglantine | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Walmer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Dover, Kent. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Tripoli, Vilayet of Tripolitania for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Glendower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. All on board were rescued by local boatsmen, the Coastguard and the Kingsdown Lifeboat Sabrina ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Glendower was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 19 February and taken in tow for London. |
| Hillechiena Amalia | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Cette, Hérault, France. |
| James Evans | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and sank at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. |
| Racine | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Walmer with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The schooner was run ashore at Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Wicklow. |
| Sheffield | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Loup Garon Shoal, off Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Helena and/or Saint Lucia. |
| Ursus Minor | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kragerø, Norway to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The schooners were driven ashore at Binstead, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |

## 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alladin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Huelva, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Angelica | Romania | The brig was driven ashore at Portland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Syra, Greece or Galaţi, Romania. She floated off on 25 February and drove against the breakwater. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. |
| Bowes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Giovannino A. | Austria-Hungary | The brig (also reported as Johanna), at anchor from Venice, broke free in a gale and was wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat, assisted by rocket apparatus. |
| Glenmore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Wexford to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Maude Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 23 February and taken in to Wexford. |
| Saint Cyran | United Kingdom | The schooner dragged anchors and was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew of nine were rescued by the Great Yarmouth lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Martinique with coal. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued by the Caernarfon lifeboat John Gray Bell ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Scotia was on a voyage from Dublin to Caernarfon. She floated off the next day and drove out to sea. She was taken in to Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. |
| Sea Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Barnard Sand and consequently foundered in the North Sea off the Cockle Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of all 24 crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Málaga, Spain. |
| Temperance | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore at Penarth. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The barque, North Shields, Northumberland for Barcelona, was driven ashore at Gorleston and completely wrecked; only five of a supposed crew of 16-18 survived. |
| William Harper | United Kingdom | The barque, from Burriana and anchored for orders, was driven ashore and wrecked at Walmer. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her eighteen crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Nelson | Guernsey | The schooner struck the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and became leaky. She was subsequently driven against the pier and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Admiral Nelson was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork or Kingstown, County Dublin. |
| Ajax | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay. |
| Ann Mitchell | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated but had to be beached at Shotley, Suffolk. |
| Bawes | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her seven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Bethell | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her five crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Chance It | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Eleferotreo | Greece | The schooner was driven ashore near "Bari", on the east coast of Sardinia, Italy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Elizabeth Ray | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Corton, Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat Leicester ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Elizabeth Ray was subsequently reboarded by for of her crew who sailed south, intending to put in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat Duff ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Favourite was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to London. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Fratelli Uniti | Italy | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Glaneuse | France | The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord. Her crew were rescued. |
| John Herman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Lucy | Isle of Man | The ship was driven ashore at Caerhays Castle, Cornwall with the loss of two of her seven crew. Four of her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. Her captain refused to leave the vessel. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked in the Cud Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. |
| Mira,or Riva | | The ship was wrecked on the Outer Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from a port in Nova Scotia, Canada to South Shields, County Durham, or from South Shields to London and/or New York, United States. Also reported as Riva, on a voyage from South Shields to Boston, Massachusetts, United States with ten crew and a pilot on board. |
| Ocean Spray | United Kingdom | The ship released a message in a bottle on this date stating that she was in a sinking condition. The bottle came ashore on the coast of Nairnshire in mid-April. |
| Peleta | Spain | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°48′N 13°30′W﻿ / ﻿39.800°N 13.500°W﻿ / 39.800; -13.500). Her eleven crew were rescued by Briton ( United Kingdom). Peleta was on a voyage from Cádiz to Bilboa. |
| Primus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft whilst evading a collision with the barque Victoria ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft. |
| Prince Albert | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Robert Nicol | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the barque Azow ( Norway). Robert Nicol was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dieppe. |
| The Queen | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, according to a message in a bottle that washed up on the Norfolk coast on 24 February. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Zemidar | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Dumbarton. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adele | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 leagues (180 nautical miles (330 km) off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued by Caton ( United Kingdom). Adele was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Auray, Morbihan. |
| Adolphus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. |
| Confucius | China | The steamship ran aground on a rock in the Yangtze and was wrecked. |
| Cynthia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland. |
| Hengist | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the smack Vesta ( United Kingdom) and sank off Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Penarth. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Kirkcaldy, Fife. |
| Liberté | Belgium | The brig collided with the Bull Lightship ( Trinity House) and was severely damaged at the bow. She was assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| Marie Amélie | France | The ship was wrecked on Belle Île, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Marathon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Both crew were rescued by Marathon. Mersey was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tranmere, Cheshire. She subsequently floated and was beached at Liverpool with assistance from the tug Hercules ( United Kingdom). |
| Rosetta | United Kingdom | The brig capsized at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. |
| St. Stephen's | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cove, County Cork. |
| Terschelling | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore between Weymouth and Portland. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to London, United Kingdom. |
| Trye | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in the River Thames in a waterlogged condition. |
| Vedra | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a Norwegian schooner. |
| William Green | United Kingdom | The pilot cutter was wrecked near Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Zuma | Guernsey | The brig was driven ashore at Saint Sampson. |

## 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grand Frederic | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Lady Sale | United Kingdom | The brig was beached at Hartlepool, County Durham and subsequently became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Messenger | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Galway. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| Prebislaw | Rostock | The ship ran aground in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lerwick, Shetland Islands in a leaky condition. |
| Queen of the Isles | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Brest Rocks, on the coast of Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Skerryvore | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Odessa, Russia. |
| Undine | United States | The brig was destroyed by fire at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam. |
| William | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Sandhald, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a sinking condition. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clara | Sweden | The schooner was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Malmö. |
| Frunhjelm | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated with assistance from a tug. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Orlando, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bari, Italy. |
| Magdalene Caroline | Wismar | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Wismar. |
| Seine and Tamise No. 1 | France | The ship struck piles at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to London. |
| St. Stephens | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground a Padstow, Cornwall and was damaged. |
| Trieste | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to the Niewu Diep. |
| Vision | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Moray to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland. |
| Volante | Jersey | The smack collided with the steamship Forest Queen ( United Kingdom) and sank at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bude, Cornwall to Swansea. She was refloated. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore at São Julião, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Loanda, Portuguese West Africa to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Aquila Meridana | Mexico | The schooner collided with the brigantine Fasel ( Portugal) and was beached near Veracruz. |
| Emma No. 3 | United States | The steamboat struck a snag in the Mississippi River near Island 35 and heeled over. A stove was upset and she was destroyed by fire with the loss of 70 lives. She was on a voyage from Memphis, Tennessee to Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| Hermione | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Matanzas, Cuba for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sea Gull | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Spray | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth and Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at the Fleetwood Lighthouse and was damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Preston, Lancashire for repairs. |
| Fanny Louisa | New South Wales | The schooner collided with the steamship New England ( New South Wales) and sank off Shoalhaven. |
| Flora | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Glückstadt, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Glückstadt. She was refloated and towed in to Glüclstadt in a severely leaky condition. |
| Germ | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at "Whetton" and was wrecked. |
| Restless | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Berbice, British Guiana. She was refloated on 23 February and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| William John | United Kingdom | The lighter sank at Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black Prince | Victoria | The steamship was wrecked at Kissing Point, Queensland. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Girvan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Girvan. |
| Germ | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Ouse at Blacktoft, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |
| Lavinia | United Kingdom | The coal hulk was run into by the steamship Cimbria ( Hamburg) and sank at Plymouth, Devon. |
| Nalopa | Canada | The brig was wrecked at Johnstons Point, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. |

## 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes Linck | Danzig | The ship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. |
| Austicious | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was refloated and subsequently put in to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Hand of Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Robina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Surprise | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated but was driven against the quayside and severely damaged. |

## 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert | France | The brig foundered off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine Bridesmaid ( United Kingdom). |
| Auguste | Stralsund | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Eastbourne, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of all but three of her crew. |
| Bazar | France | The ship was driven ashore at Point Idzella, Sardinia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Ajaccio, Sardinia. |
| Blue Jacket | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smacks Celerity, Eudoxy and Kate (all United Kingdom). Blue Jacket was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Confederation | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Golden City | United States | The steamship was wrecked at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. All on board were rescued by the steamship Panama ( United States). Golden City was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Panama City, United States of Colombia. |
| Herlios Seip | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at "Pentacottah", India. She was on a voyage from an English port to Rangoon, Burma. |
| Lufredenheit | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord. France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Nikolaieff, Russia to Dunkerque. |
| Orontes | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Villareal, Spain for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Patriotte | Italy | The brig was wrecked on Zakynthos, Greece with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Primrose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. |
| Princess Helena | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Patras, Greece. |
| Sorte | Italy | The brig was wrecked at Trinità d'Agultu e Vignola, Sardinia. |

## 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Gurnard, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. |
| Emblem | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Harmony ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She put in to Broadstairs, Kent, where she was beached. |
| Idalia | United Kingdom | The barque was lost in the Gulf of Satalia. Her crew were rescued by a French steamship. |
| Merriman | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken to Spithead. |
| Worsley | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the cost of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Charybdis | Royal Navy | The Pearl-class corvette ran aground between Blunden Island and Pender Island, British Columbia, Colony of British Columbia. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Qurnod Sand, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. |
| Coquetdale | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast and sank in the Schulpengat, off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Leeds ( United Kingdom). Coquetdale was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to Hamburg. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Dorothea | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Køge to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| John | United Kingdom | The smack was run down and sunk by the steamship Jason with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Howth, County Dublin to Ayr. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in Portland Race. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Looe, Cornwall to Stokes Bay. |
| Louisa | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Pansy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Soldier's Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Warrenpoint, County Antrim. |
| Pluto | Austria-Hungary | The steamship ran aground near Varna, Ottoman Empire. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Varna. She was declared a total loss. |
| Speakman | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Both crew were rescued by the tug Royal Arch ( United Kingdom. Speakman was on a voyage from Liverpool to Preston, Lancashire. |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay. |
| Enoch | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Courtmacsherry, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Courtmacsherry. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bruges, West Flanders. Gem was refloated and taken in to Ostend. |
| Giulia | Italy | The steamship was wrecked at Naples. |
| Hippogriff | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk with the loss of all hands. |
| Idomenes | Austria-Hungary | The barque collided with the steamship Earl of Elgin ( United Kingdom) at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was severely damaged. |
| Leila M. Long | United States | The ship ran aground on Meyers Ledge, in the Weser. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bremen. |
| Maria Santissima Rosario | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Naples. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Aberdeen. |
| Medea | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore in the Weser. |
| Nell Gwyn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Veulettes-sur-Mer, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. |
| Otterburn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Rosetta, Egypt. She was on a voyage from London to Ceylon. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk. |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Otterburn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Rosetta, Egypt. She was on a voyage from London to Ceylon. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Preciosa | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Jadder Bank, in the North Sea. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auguste Marie | France | The schooner sank at Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord to Iceland. She subsequently floated and drifted out to sea. |
| Charlotte Louise Marie | France | The fishing smack collided with the brig St. Spiridione ( Greece) and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by St. Spiridione. |
| Cid | Spain | The paddle steamer foundered off Cape Sant Antoni. Her crew were rescued. |
| Columbia | Norway | The ship was wrecked on the Jadder Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Englisn port to Stavanger. |
| Economy | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of all five crew. |
| Francisco | Italy | The brig was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Navarino, Greece. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby in a leaky condition. |
| Gatesforth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hellevoetsluis. |
| John | Sweden | The abandoned schooner was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Johns | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the North Gar Sands, at the mouth of the River Tees. Her six crew were rescued by the Middlesbrough Lifeboat Crossley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), assisted by the tug Echo ( United Kingdom). Johns was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Rosa Gasparo | Italy | The ship was wrecked near Porto-Longone, Elba. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Genoa. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adeliza | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Huelva, Spain. |
| Alessandro | Greece | The brig was wrecked at "Riva", Chile. |
| Aline Emma | France | The ship was abandoned off the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Tampico, Mexico to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was subsequently towed in to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure by Suzanne ( France). |
| Analipso | Greece | The brig was wrecked near Anchiale, Ottoman Empire. |
| Antonio | Cuba | The coaster foundered off Havana. |
| Artisan | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on St. Louis Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Galveston, Texas, United States. |
| Aspasia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sigri, Lesbos, Greece. |
| Belle Brandon | United States | The fishing schooner was wrecked on Long Island, near Mount Desert, Maine. Crew saved. |
| Boatswain | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the Courantyne River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Berbice, British Guiana. |
| Carausius | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 February. Her crew were rescued by Althea ( United Kingdom). Carausius was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Carrie Hill | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Saint Domingo. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Concordia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Constantine | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Tarpaulin Cove. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Davila | Spain | The steamship collided with the steamship Bilboa ( Spain) and sank at "Zoroza" in late February. All on board survived. |
| Deva, or Ed Eva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Apis Hill". She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put in to Gibraltar, where she arrived on 19 February. |
| Douwiena Timmens | Netherlands | The sloop foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) east south east of the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Elleray | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Chinese waters. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Yokohama, Japan. |
| Englishman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth before 20 February. |
| Evangelista | Greece | The brig was wrecked near "Carabournou", Ottoman Empire. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada. Shew as on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Felix | Argentina | The ship struck the Merilles and the Le Trempe Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Greenock, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires. |
| Flash | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Inishark, County Galway. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Manger Key. She was on a voyage from London to Belize City, British Honduras. |
| Frederic Nicaise | Belgium | The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to a port in Chile. |
| George R. Bradford | United States | The fishing schooner sank on the way home to Gloucester, Massachusetts in a gale after leaving Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. Lost with all 6 crew. |
| Heaton Hall | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Europa ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to a Mediterranean port. |
| Helios | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cocanada, India. |
| J. B. V. No.1 | United Kingdom | The ship damaged by fire at Buenos Aires. |
| Jilt | Isle of Man | The schooner was driven ashore at Deadman Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Antwerp, Belgium. The Coastguard boarded the ship and found two crew dead. It was alleged that her captain had murdered one of them and he was arrested. Jilt was refloated on 16 February with assistance from the tug Dandy and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| John Bunyan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida. She was later refloated. |
| Joseph Frank | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from New York to Cádiz. She was refloated and taken in to Sanlúcar de Barrameda. |
| Lady Alice Kenlis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dundrum, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dundrum. The hulk eventually ended up on the Sutton Hoo estate. |
| Leon Crespo | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was scuttled "at Chincora". She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| M. and E. Robbins | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 February. Barratry suspected as the cause of loss. She was on a voyage from Cork to Callao, Peru. |
| Mary | United States | The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Callao to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Mary Alice | Canada | The ship was wrecked on Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary Kelly | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Cárdenas, Cuba. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Longsand. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of nine smacks and a tug and beached at Harwich, Essex. |
| Nora | United Kingdom | The ship collided with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Petite Auguste | France | The ship was wrecked near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cádiz. |
| Reindeer | United States | The steamship was wrecked at Port Aransas, Texas. |
| Republique | France | The ship was driven ashore on Flores Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Martinique. |
| Runnymede | United Kingdom | The brig was lost on the east coast of Japan. |
| San Fernando | Spain | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Manila. |
| Susan H. Gibson | United States | The ship was lost on the Spanish Main. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Laguna, Brazil. |
| Teresina | Italy | The schooner was lost near Ostia. |
| Tulsco | United States | The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put back to Philadelphia. |
| Vasilefs Georgios | Royal Hellenic Navy | The ironclad was damaged at sea, dislodging guns in one of her turrets. She put in to Lisbon, Portugal for repairs on 9 February. |
| Virgendi Begona | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to the Gironde. |
| Voltigeur | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Westburn | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Pescadores. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to London. |
| Zwee Bruder | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Pola, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Pola. She was later refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom before 12 February. |