# List of shipwrecks in February 1881

The list of shipwrecks in February 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1881.

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gwendoline | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Port Edgar, Lothian. She was refloated on 18 January and towed in to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire by the steamship Glaucus ( United Kingdom). |
| Harvest Queen | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Chappel Rock, off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Primus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Cardiff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She dragged her anchors the next day and was driven into the brigantine Nadir ( Austria-Hungary). She was taken in to Cardiff. |
| Senior | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Solon | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Odessa, Russia. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antonio Ottone | Italy | The brig was wrecked on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. All fifteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York, United States. |
| Dragoon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Pladden Rocks, at the entrance to the Belfast Lough and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Pacific | Norway | The brigantine was wrecked on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Santos, Brazil. |
| Pepe Tono | Spain | The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Barcelona. No further trace. |
| Royal Visitor | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground off Southend, Essex. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near the Cloch Lighthouse, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Greenock. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Richmond | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Port Rhylfydd", Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. City of Richmond was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She broke up on 4 March. |
| Mary Stuart | Canada | The ship ran aground on the Shingles Sands, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. Twenty Margate boatmen went aboard and she made for London, United Kingdom. |
| May Queen | United Kingdom | The dandy was driven ashore at Saltfleet Haven, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Nano B. | Austria-Hungary | The barque was wrecked at Lagos, Portugal with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Sceptre | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Ketelplaat, in the Scheldt. |
| Stamford | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the west point of Ouessant, Finistère, France and foundered with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Westbourne | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Bremen, Germany. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Astarte | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ringfadd Point, County Down. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Bremen | Germany | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Levenwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of thirteen of her twenty crew. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| City of Dublin | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm ( Germany) and sank in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven, Germany with the loss of six of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm. |
| Helena | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Donaghadee, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Nestor | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. |
| Sarah Mandell | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Dordt, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace. |
| State of Florida | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Machray Bay, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from New York to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated. |
| Tay | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Santon Head, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of Port Soderick, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tordenskjold | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was towed off by two tugs and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore at Ringfadd Point. She was refloated and taken in to Glasgow. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abbotsford | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Broomhill | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat Florence Nightingale ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Broomhill was on a voyage fromm Dundee, Forfarshire to Sunderland. She was refloated and beached. |
| Catalina van Calcar | Netherlands | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bayonne. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Youghal, County Cork for Pont-Audemer, Eure, France. No further trace,. reported missing. |
| Electra | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hull, Yorkshire for Fareham, Hampshire. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Glenisla | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Jeune Pauline | France | The schooner was wrecked in the Glénan Islands, Finistère. |
| Kismet | United States | The ship departed from Bahia, Brazil for New York. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Ocean King | United Kingdom | The barque struck a rock and foundered off Port Nolloth, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Port Nolloth. |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessie Rodgers | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Devoran, Cornwall. |
| Dalkarles | Sweden | The barque ran aground in the River Lee. |
| Eversfield | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Lizzie Stuart | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain and was holed by her anchor. She put back to Bilbao. |
| Loyal | United Kingdom | The fishing smack ran aground on the Trinity Sand, off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Point Lifeboat. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Maira Leonie | France | The ship ran aground and sank at St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Menai Packet | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and sank off Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Londonderry. |
| T. J. Mitchell | United States | The schooner sank in a storm in Pensacola Bay. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Swansea for Catania, Sicily, Italy. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Zuma | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in The Wash and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and towed in to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Assistance | Guernsey | The schooner ran aground on the Brambles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Eling, Hampshire. |
| Bohemian | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Mizen Head, County Cork with the loss of 35 of the 57 people on board, and that of a rescuer. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Bransty | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Long Rocks, in Dundrum Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Dundrum Lifeboat Pyrella ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Bransty was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Clodagh | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Ballynane, County Kerry. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Durham Packet | Guernsey | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Earl of Durham | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Saltburn, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ella Beatrice | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the north coast of Japan 50 nautical miles (93 km) from Hakodadi. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai, China. |
| Faithful | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Tynemouth Rocks, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Tom Perry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Fern | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank near Ballina, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Ballina to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex to Warkworth, Northumberland. |
| Hawk | United Kingdom | The smack struck the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was beached at Benacre, Suffolk, where she became a wreck. Her crew survived. |
| J. B. Eminson | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the tug Express ( United Kingdom). J. B. Eminson was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Woolseners, in the English Channel off Hayling Island, Hampshire and was abandoned. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Kronprinz von Preussen | Germany | The brigantine was drive ashore at New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Mermaid | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from "Stoneham" to Sunderland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Leith in a leaky condition. |
| Miner | United Kingdom | The flat capsized in the River Severn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portishead, Somerset to Gloucester. |
| Mischief | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her four crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay Barlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Mischief was on a voyage from Rye to Warkworth. She was refloated. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven at Horden Dand, County Durham. Her four crew survived Star was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Sunderland. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Sutherland | Canada | The barquentine was driven ashore and wrecked at Garrock Head, Isle of Bute, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Matanzas, Cuba. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her three crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay Barlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Thomas was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Stockton-on Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool in a leaky condition. |
| Ulysses | United Kingdom | The smack collided with Western Ocean ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Ulysses put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Yorkshire Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Stockton-on-Tees. |
| Unnamed | Netherlands | The fishing smack was run down and sunk by the steamship Braunschweig ( Germany) with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by Braunschweig. |
| 'Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steam cutter, belonging to the Duke of Edinburgh's yacht Lively, sank at Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |

## 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ascalon | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at the Victoria Docks, London. |
| Bernadette, and Susanna Elizabeth | France Netherlands | The lugger Bernadette collided with the barque Susanna Elizabeth. Both vessels were beached at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland. Bernadette was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland. Susanna Elizabeth was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York, United States. |
| Breeze | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Calais, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Calai to Dover, Kent. She was refloated and put back to Calais. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ketch struck the Patch Sand and was abandoned off Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat. Brothers was on a voyage from Plymouth to Ilfracombe, Devon. She was subsequently taken in to Tenby. |
| Camera | Spain | The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir. |
| Dagmar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Arendal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim. |
| Glenda | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Royal Saxon ( United Kingdom). |
| Halvard | Norway | The full-rigged ship was discovered in distress in the North Sea by the smacks Chief and Star (both United Kingdom). She was towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition on 14 February. Halvard was on a voyage from Fredrikstadt to London. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Llandelhaearn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Matilda Hilyard | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Criccieth, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Criccieth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She came ashore at Llanbedrog, Caernarfonshire. Matilda Hillyard was refloated on 27 February and taken into Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Penarth. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The smack sank at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Progress, and Sirius | United Kingdom | The steam cutter Progress was run into by the smack Sirius off the mouth of the Humber. Both vessels sank with the loss of a crew member from Progress. Survivors were rescued by a Trinity House steam yacht. |
| Rowena | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Tern | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Moy. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at the Victoria Docks, London. |
| Triana | Spain | The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir. |
| Velasquez | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Broomhill Point, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford. |
| Zenia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Burghhead, Lothian. |
| Unnamed | France | A three-masted schooner foundered in Bideford Bay, near Clovelly, Devon with the loss of all hands. |
| Ten unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | A schooner was driven ashore at Woolwich, Kent. Nine barges sank in the River Thames between London and the Nore. |
| Several unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The barges were destroyed by fire and sank at the Victoria Docks, London. |

## 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Celestial Empire | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs, which included Anglia and Robert Bruce (both United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage. |
| Egbert | Canada | The barque was wrecked at Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont, Somme, France with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth. She was refloated the next day and was towed in to Carlingford by a tug. |
| Flora | Norway | The barque foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Inchcape, Fife, United Kingdom (57°10′N 0°30′E﻿ / ﻿57.167°N 0.500°E﻿ / 57.167; 0.500). Her eight crew were rescued by the barque Titania ( Norway). . |
| G. W. Woolff | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Humber | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to Avonmouth, Somerset. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. |
| Lizzie | United Kingdom | The ketch was abandoned in Perran Bay. Her four crew were rescued by the Newquay Lifeboat Pendock Neale ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Lizzie was on a voyage from Waterford to Falmouth, Cornwall. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. |
| Louise Henry | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France in a sinking condition. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Catania, Italy |
| Monsoon | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west north west of the Isles of Scilly. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the schooner Ernest and the brig Miranda (both United Kingdom). Monsoon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Payta, Peru. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arabia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Goswick, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She broke up on 3 March. |
| Atlas | France | The brig was driven ashore on Guadeloupe by a tsunami. |
| Berwickshire | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was later refloated and taken in to Stornoway for repairs. |
| Esther | United Kingdom | The fishing boat capsized in the Firth of Forth with the loss of all four crew. |
| Etincelle | France | The brig was driven ashore on Guadeloupe by a tsunami. |
| Eudoxie Adolphine | France | The brig was driven ashore on Guadeloupe by a tsunami. |
| Fairfax | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at the Crowlink Gap Coastguard Station, Sussex. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Coastguard. Fairfax was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Tyne. She was consequently condemned. |
| Ridge Park | South Australia | The cargo ship sank after hitting the Beware Reef, Cape Conran, Victoria. |
| Sophia Holton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sussex. Her three crew were rescued by a Coastguard galley and the Rye Lifeboat. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The lighters sank at Greenwich. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| August | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. |
| Criterion | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sheerness, Kent to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. |
| George and Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Goodwick Lifeboat Helen of Foxley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). George and Mary was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newport, Monmouthsire. |
| John Ormston | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship John M'Intyre and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. John Ormston was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Jubilee | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Salerno ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Lady Maxwell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland and was run into by Alma ( United Kingdom). |
| Marcellus | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Her crew were rescued. |
| Norma | United Kingdom | The steamship, a collier, ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of tugs and beached at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her twenty crew were rescued. Norman was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Alexandria, Egypt. She subsequently broke in two and was declared a total loss. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antonia M, and Kilkerra | Italy United Kingdom | The ships collided at Queenstown, County Cork and were both severely damaged. |
| John Green | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the South Bull and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Ayr. |
| Triumph | Norway | The barque collided with the barque Lewis Smith ( Canada) off Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Triumph was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Demerara, British Guiana. She put in to Leith for repairs. |
| Zebu | Flag unknown | The ship was holed by a pile and sank at Manila, Spanish East Indies. |

## 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flying Spur | United Kingdom | The clipper was wrecked on Martin Vas, North Rock, in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Cape Colony. All on board were rescued by the barque Château Lafitte ( France). Flying Spur was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Negapatam and Madras, India. |
| Hazard | United States | The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoal, off the coast of Massachusetts and was abandoned. Some of her crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Polly Pinkham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at between Annestown and Stradbally, County Waterford with the loss of five of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool. |
| Sylphide | France | The brigantine foundered and became a total wreck on the beach at Perranuthnoe, Cornwall. United Kingdom. Her crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket appartatus. She was on a voyage from Audierne, Finistère, to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| T. F. Whiton | United States | The barque foundered at Praa Sands, Cornwall. Her crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket apparatus and the ship became a total loss after it caught fire. She was on a voyage from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to London, United Kingdom. |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven onto the Herd Sand, off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Cedar Croft | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated. |
| Eliza Emma | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham. Her six crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Gustaf Adolph | France | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated. |
| Matilda Hilyard | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Llanbedrog Point, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Reaper | Guernsey | The brigantine was driven onto the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Meredith ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey with the loss of one of her two crew. |
| Scotland | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballymacar, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. |
| Sylphide | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Perran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tantallon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jennie M. Hammond | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Nevis to Halifax. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Shab Aly Reef, in the Red Sea. All bar seven of her crew were taken off. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aden, Aden Colony. The remaining seven crew members were subsequently rescued and she was abandoned as a total loss. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Scotston", near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked off Oyster Rock, just outside the harbour at Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Guernsey, Sark, and Jersey. |
| Cobden, and Lamperts | United Kingdom | The steamships collided in the River Tees and were both severely damaged. |
| E. & M. J. Charmley | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven into George's Landing Stage, Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged. She was towed off by the ferry Eastham Fairy and the tugs Rover and Tiger (all United Kingdom). |
| Foyle Packet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Glaucus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore at the Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. |
| Glaucus, and Gwendoline | United Kingdom | The steamships both ran aground at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Glaucus was towing Gwendoline from Port Edgar, Lothian to Grangemouth. |
| Glenorgum | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated on 26 February. |
| International | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was later refloated and taken in to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States for repairs. |
| Margaret Grace | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Long Rock, off Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sandhead, Wigtownshire. |
| Robert and Mary | United Kingdom | The ketch struck a sunken wreck off Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Rosalie | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Alfred, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. |
| Thomas Adam | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Almería, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The smack was driven from her anchors in the Kingroad. She drove against the quayside and sank. |
| Jesse Rhnas | United States | The brig was stranded on the East Pensacola Bar on Santa Rosa Island, Florida at the entrance to Pensacola Bay. |
| Justine | Belgium | The fishing sloop was run down and sunk by the steamship Phœnix ( United Kingdom) off the West Hinder Sandbank, in the North Sea. Two of her crew were rescued, others were reported missing. |
| Lady Anne | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clytie | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked off the coast of Essex. Her sixteen crew took to two boats, which were towed in to Harwich by the smack Concord ( United Kingdom). Clytie was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Tarragona, Spain. |
| James Dale | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (33°56′N 48°16′W﻿ / ﻿33.933°N 48.267°W﻿ / 33.933; -48.267). Her crew were rescued by the barque Mabor ( Norway). James Dale was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia, United States to Queenstown, County Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Batavia I | Netherlands | The steamship was driven ashore at Oude-Tonge, Zeeland. She was refloated and towed in to Antwerp, Belgium in a severely leaky condition. |
| Doris | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by the steamship Thomas Dugdale ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Doris was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated in early March and beached on the Holywood Bank. |
| Exhibition | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kincardineshire. |
| Flamingo | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a jetty at Charlton, Kent and ran aground. She was severely damaged. |
| Tasso | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Telegraphic ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Channel with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Telegraphic. Tasso was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was towed in to Larne, County Antrim on 25 February. |

## 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | France | The ship was wrecked at "Lamala", Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouche-du-Rhône to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Electra | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into in the River Tay by the steamship London ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Electra was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Amble, Northumberland. She put back to Dundee for repairs. |
| Georgina | United Kingdom | The schooner ran ashore on the rocks off Porthoustock, Cornwall. Her crew attracted attention by lighting a tar-barrel; they were rescued by the Porthoustock Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Cork. Georgina was on a voyage from London to Cork. She was subsequently destroyed by fire. |
| Harton, and Violet | United Kingdom | The steamships collided in the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland and were both severely damaged. |
| Isabel | Flag unknown | The brigantine was wrecked at Peter's River, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Oscar | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sands, in the River Tay, and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Dundee Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Saint Feliu de Guíxols, Spain to Dundee. |
| Susie May | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |

## 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bavelaw | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the steamship Austuriano (Flag unknown). Bavelaw was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. |
| Indus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Oakworth | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off the coast of China. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Shanghai, China. |
| P. C. Petersen | Norway | The barque was towed in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France by the tug Scotia (Flag unknown), being severely leaky. |
| Sallie | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore and caught fire at Porthoustock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Porthoustock Lifeboat. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliser Bru | Norway | The brigantine was run into in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom by Carlise Castle ( United Kingdom). Her eight crew were rescued by Carlisle Castle, they were landed on the Isles of Scilly the following day. Eliser Bru was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stavanger. She was subsequently towed in to the Isles of Scilly by the steamship Thames. |
| India | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Bells ( United Kingdom). India was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Port Pirie, South Australia. |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Leven, Fife for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by the steamship Captain Cook ( United Kingdom). |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acacia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Castletown River. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk. |
| Clutha | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Tees. |
| Liverpool | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Valkyrien ( Norway). Liverpool was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Malleable | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Tees. |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| German Emperor | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Gertrude | Netherlands | The steamship collided with the steamship Carbon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Carbon. Gertrude was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen, United Kingdom. |
| Royal Dane | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Spain to Hamburg. |
| Southmoor | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg. |
| Tasso | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Moderator | United Kingdom | The sloop was run down and sunk in the River Usk by the steamship Harley ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arab | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Hartlepool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Astronom | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and towed in to Hamburg in a severely leaky condition. |
| Ocean Maid | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Christchurch Ledge, in the English Channel off Christchurch, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. She was refloated. |
| Pengouin | France | The barque was driven ashore at Cabo de Gata, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Taurida | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse near Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Goole. She was refloated on 1 March and taken in to Goole. |
| Una | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Rockabill, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. |
| Valentine | Flag unknown | The ship struck Cidera, off Cádiz, Spain and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Cádiz. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriana | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Galveston, Texas, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Æmulatic | United Kingdom | The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 February with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Anna G | Austria-Hungary | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Mellieplaat. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Aruba | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Goswick, Northumberland before 11 February. She became a wreck on that day. |
| August | Germany | The barque was wrecked at Saint-Jean-du-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Beatrice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated and taken in to the Delaware Breakwater in a leaky condition. |
| Bella | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Marie, Martinique. |
| Bella Donna | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on The Brambles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Scotland to Eling, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Boomtide | United Kingdom | The steamship sank off Sunderland, County Durham. Eighteen of the crew was saved by the lifeboat Florence Nightingale ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| British Empire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of the United States. |
| Calliope | Greece | The steamship was driven ashore west of Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Dunkerque. |
| Caribou | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| City of London | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Halifax, United States" She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated on 17 February and resumed her voyage. |
| County of Argyle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Dove Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and put in to Banjoewanjie, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Criterion | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated on 5 February and resumed her voyage. |
| Criterion | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Her crew were rescued. |
| Danmark | Sweden | The steamship was severely damaged by ice in the Baltic Sea and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. |
| David and Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner was sunk by ice at "Vogeland", Germany. Her crew survived. shew as on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cork. |
| Diligentia | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Penarth, Glamorgan. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Edith Morgan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sound of Islay. |
| Embla | Norway | The derelict ship was towed in to Arendal. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Oxwich Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. |
| Era | Guernsey | The barquentine was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. |
| Fairy Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Nossi Be, Merina Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bushire, Persia to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. |
| Flaminian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Ibiza, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated on 12 February and resumed her voyage. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Luce Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Frankfurt Hall | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by Glenboyn ( United Kingdom). Frankfurt Hall was on a voyage from the River Mersey to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Gabrielle | France | The ship was driven ashore near Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom. |
| General Zaragora | Mexico | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Blas. |
| Gottfried | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Saint Lucia. She was a total loss. |
| Gustav | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Harlingen, Friesland. |
| Harry See | United States | The schooner was lost near Pensacola, Florida. |
| H. H. Wright | United States | The ship was driven ashore at "False Hook". She was on a voyage from New York to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Holly | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Morecambe. |
| Imbros | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Sevastopol, Russia. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Peter's River, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all hands. |
| Italo | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Damiette, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Port Said, Egypt. |
| James A. Mark | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Holland Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland. She was refloated and taken in to Baltimore. |
| Johanna | Netherlands | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Port Elizabeth. |
| Johanna H. Cann | | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United STates. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to the Hampton Roads, Virginia. She was declared a total loss. |
| Johan Theodore | Netherlands | The ship ran aground off Makassar, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies for repairs. |
| John Kendall | United Kingdom | The brig struck the Fishing-ridge Rock and sank in Cloughey Bay with the loss of three of her eight crew. Survivors reached the Lighthouse Rock, from where they were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Barbadoes. |
| Joseph Legal | France | The ship was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. |
| J. P. Taylor | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Vlie. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to the River Tyne. She was refloated two days later and resumed her voyage. |
| Jubilee | United Kingdom | The barque was run into by the steamship Salerno ( United Kingdom). Several of her crew got aboard Salerno. Jubilee drove ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. There was no loss of life. |
| Kedron | United Kingdom | The barque collided with a steamship and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She completed her voyage. |
| Kordima | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of New Jersey. |
| Landseer | United States | The ship ran aground in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Dublin. |
| Little Ross | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Inverness. |
| Lord Exmouth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 17 January and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a severely leaky condition. |
| Mandarin | Norway | The barque struck a rock off the Norwegian coast and put in to Farsund in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstadt to Santander, Spain. |
| M. and E. Cann | Canada | The barque was driven ashore on Sharps Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Londonderry, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and towed in to Baltimore for repairs. |
| Marcellus | France | The brig was wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Her crew were rescued. |
| Noi | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Mitylene, Lesbos, Greece. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to New York. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Malta on 12 February in a leaky condition. |
| Ocean Lady | United Kingdom | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed ashore at Weymouth, Dorset. Wreckage was discovered off Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Weymouth. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Redowa | United States | The brig was wrecked near Passages, Spain. Her crew were rescyed by the steamship Alverton ( United Kingdom). Redowa was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Santander, Spain. |
| Rosalia Starita | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Cape Henry. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Baltimore. She was refloated with the assistance of some steamships. |
| Rosebud | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sabra | Canada | The ship sank at "Socoa". She was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce. |
| Saphir | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 9 February. |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk. |
| St. Albans | United States | The steamboat was holed by ice and sank in the Milwaukee River 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the loss of one of the 25 people on board. Survivors reached shore in four boats. |
| Star of India | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hunters Point, New York. She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was later refloated and assisted in to Weehawken, New Jersey in a waterlogged condition. |
| Topaze | France | The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce. The fire was extinguished. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Thames. She was beached at Plaistow, Essex. |
| Utrecht | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground off "Zuiden". She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Velos | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Squan Inlet. She was on a voyage from Ponce, Puerto Rico to New York. |
| William J. Stairs | United States | The ship ran aground on the Schooner Ledge. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Dublin. She was refloated and put in to Marcus Hook, Philadelphia. |
| Unnamed vessel | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in Hoblyn's Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay. |