# List of shipwrecks in January 1871

The list of shipwrecks in January 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1871.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adrien | France | The schooner was driven ashore in a cyclone at Saint-Pierre, Réunion. |
| Argonaute | France | The ship was damagedin a cyclone at Réunion. |
| Auffredy | France | The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion. |
| Avenger | United Kingdom | The steamship sank in the River Tyne. |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire. |
| Ceara | France | The brig was holed by ice and sank at Pauillac, Gironde. Her crew were rescued. |
| Corommandel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Poorhead, County Cork. Her seven crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Czanan | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a cyclone at Réunion. |
| Dean, Grand Era, John Howard, Julia Rudolph, Magenta, and Thompson | United States | The steamboats were destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Amble, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Perth. |
| Etienne | France | The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion. |
| Laurence | France | The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion. |
| Maid of Foyers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. Her crew were reached shore in their boat. Maid of Foyers was on a voyage from Loch Ness to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 7 January but capsized and was towed in to Amble. |
| Mierendorff Wardow | Rostock | The brig was severely damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Miss Douglas | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Drigg, Cumberland with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Silloth, Cumberland. |
| Misti | France | The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Horse Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew of 6 were rescued by the Ardrossan Lifeboat Fair Maid of Perth ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Nizam | France | The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion. |
| Oxalis | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer. Her four crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat Robin Hood of Nottingham ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Oxalis was on a voyage from Sunderland to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She subsequently sank. |
| Thomas and Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Torninto | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Undaunted | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore by ice at Brough Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and towed by the tug James Watt ( United Kingdom) to Hull, Yorkshire, where she sank. |
| Uranie | France | The schooner was driven ashore in a cyclone at Réunion. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently drove out to sea. |
| Five unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Marathon, Greece. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cockaleekie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |
| Coila | United Kingdom | The ship was beached in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the West Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Colima | United Kingdom | The barque sank at Dundrum, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Libertad, Central America and/or Amapala, British Honduras. |
| Daniel O'Connell | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at East Tarbert, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Donaghadee, County Down. |
| Fanny Gurrich | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Mediterranean Sea whilst on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Rosa Grey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Stephen's Point, in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to a British port. |
| Viola | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St. Davids" to Matanzas, Cuba. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship collided with Accra ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | Prussia | The barque was driven onto the Schultz Ground, in the Kattegat, by ice and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from an English port to Stettin. She sank off Anholt, Denmark before 10 January. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (41°50′N 66°40′W﻿ / ﻿41.833°N 66.667°W﻿ / 41.833; -66.667). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Dunedin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated the next day. |
| Fleetwood | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Flying Childers | United Kingdom | The tug collided with the steamship Llama ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde. Her crew were rescued. |
| H. J. Burton | United States | The ship ran aground at Bilboa, Spain. She was on a voyage from New York to Bilboa. |
| Margaret Ann | United Kingdom | The yawl struck the Breast Rock, off Girvan, Ayrshire, caught fire and sank. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to the Clyde. She was refloated in late May and placed under repair. |
| Pawnee | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Galveston, Texas, United States. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool. She was consequently condemned. |
| Rebecca | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off Aspronisi, Greece and sank. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Syros, Greece. |
| Runnymede | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Hobart, Tasmania. The fire was extinguished by the Hobart City Fire Brigade with assistance from HMS Blanche ( Royal Navy). |
| Undaunted | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was holed by ice and sank at Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Veranda | Norway | The ship ran aground at Bilboa and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Bilboa. |
| Victoria | Norway | The barque was abandoned off the coast of Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brig Queen Elizabeth ( Prussia). Victoria was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was taken in to Manssund, Norway in June. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bilboa | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Seaham in a leaky condition. |
| Catherine Morrison | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire with the loss of all eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Crusader | United Kingdom | The steamship was lost at Cartagena, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Colón, United States of Colombia. |
| Harry Helbert | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ardrossan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Max | France | Franco-Prussian War: The transport ship was captured off the mouth of the Gironde by SMS Augusta ( Prussian Navy) and was burnt. |
| New Dominion | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in Dunraven Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Paquita | Spain | The barque ran aground on the Doggerbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Paquita was on a voyage from Santander to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was later refloated with the assistance of Civil Service and a tug and taken in to Wexford. |
| Sir William Wallace | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at "Burnford", Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkeld, Ontario, Canada to Liverpool. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cincetti Zarlo | Italy | The barque was damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Immacolata | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground and capsized at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russian to Queenstonw. She was refloated. |
| Kirtons | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Filey Brigg. Her six crew were rescued by the fishing yawl Refuge ( United Kingdom). Kirtons was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The fishing boat ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and capsized. Both crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Laura Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Tinicum Island", Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Margaret and Ann, or Margaret and Jamie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Pettycur, Fife. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pettycur. |
| Merchant | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Miron | Saint Martin | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to New York, United States. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ross Point. Her crew were rescued. |
| S. D. Thurston | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Nash Point, Glamorgan. |
| Unnamed | Spain | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elwin Hawthorn | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Knokke, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was later refloated and taken in to Blankenberge, West Flanders. |
| General Havelock | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Euphemia ( United Kingdom) and sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. |
| James B. Duffus | United States | The ship ran aground on the Paedermarkt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Belgium. She was later refloated and towed in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Jessie Forrest | United Kingdom | The barque was run ashore at Ouessant, Finistère, France and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently taken in tow for Weymouth, Dorset by a steamship, which then took her in to Brest, Finistère. |
| Speed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Collie Rocks. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Culloden, Inverness-shire. She was refloated and taken in to Macduff, Aberdeenshire for repairs. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London. |
| Belmont | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven out to sea from Sunderland, County Durham by ice. |
| Camilla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. |
| Cognac Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice and was severely damaged. |
| Corsair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. She was severely damaged. |
| Draco | Austria-Hungary | The barque ran aground on the Brake Sand and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to London. |
| Escort | United Kingdom | The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. She was severely damaged. |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. She was severely damaged. |
| Forsoget | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Wingo". She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Helsingør. |
| Fuzil Currin | Straits Settlements | The barque sank 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of "Mooloopully". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Masulipatam to Madras, India. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. |
| Joseph Fish | United States | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated with assistance from the Ramsgate Lifeboat and two tugs, including Middlesex ( United Kingdom) and taken in tow for London. |
| Maria Emilie | United Kingdom | The lugger was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. She was severely damaged. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. She was severely damaged. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Restless ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. |
| Sea | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Cuba. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate by a tug. |
| Sori | Italy | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands and was abandoned by her crew, who were presumed to have subsequently perished. She was on a voyage from Feodosia, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the Deal and Ramsgate Lifeboats and towed in to Ramsgate. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. She was severely damaged. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands and was abandoned by her crew, who got aboard the Gull Lightship ( Trinity House). She was later reboarded by her crew and assisted in to Ramsgate by a tug. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Five unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | Four barques and a schooner was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Licata, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Licata. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edith Wonson | United States | The fishing schooner sank on the Western Banks in a gale. Lost with all 12 crew. |
| Magnolia | United States | The schooner was wrecked off Cape Charles, Virginia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Norfolk, Virginia. |
| Zoe | Italy | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Two crew were rescued by Prince ( United Kingdom). |
| Volunteer | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Race Point, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. Volunteer was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts. She was subsequently towed in to Provincetown, Massachusetts in a derelict condition. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Callie Allie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Devonshire Lass | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Handy | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the Cahore Lifeboat Sir George Bowles ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Ayr to Wexford. She was refloated and beached at Cahore, County Wexford. |
| Inkerman | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Moulmein, Burma. She was refloated on 14 January. |
| Navarre | France | The steamship was holed by ice and sank at the stern at Bordeaux, Gironde. She was placed under repair. |
| Sarah N. Smith | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Shovelful Shoals. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| HMS Valourous | Royal Navy | The Magicienne-class frigate was driven from her moorings and ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calliope | Greece | The brig ran aground and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brig Royal Arch ( United Kingdom). Calliope was on a voyage from Liverpool to Syra. |
| Cherokee | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her 28 crew took to the boats; they were rescued two days later by the schooner Julia ( United Kingdom). Cherokee was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. |
| Crescent | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Liverpool. All seventeen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba. |
| Dartmouth | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken wreck off Porthcurno, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Douro | Netherlands | The galiot ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached at Deal, Kent. She was subsequently taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Dunbar Castle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Ryde, Isle of Wight and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ryde. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Castellamare del Golfo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to an English port. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was refloated and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Royal Standard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated on 15 January. |
| Unico | Italy | The ship was wrecked on Filey Brigg with the loss of all but one of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Genoa. |
| Unnamed | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Royan, Charente-Inférieure. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated on 16 January and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Earl Russell | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (42°31′N 26°00′W﻿ / ﻿42.517°N 26.000°W﻿ / 42.517; -26.000) whilst on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gazelle | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Lisbon and Faro. She was refloated. |
| Julianne Pauline | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore at Løkken-Vrå, Denmark with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Dantsic. |
| Leocadia | France | The brig ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Margaret McDonald | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| T. L. McGill | United States | The steamboat ran aground in the Mississippi River downstream of Memphis, Tennessee. She was on a voyage from Saint Louis, Missouri to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was destroyed by fire on 16 January with the loss of 58 lives. |
| Tom Henry | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Kirkwall. She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Kirkwall. |
| Tornado | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cleopatra | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and sank at Saint-Marc, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cornhill | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Antrim. Her three crew were rescued by the Dungarvan Lifeboat Christopher Ludlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Edward Boustead | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Foyle Packet | United Kingdom | The schooner was discovered in a derelict condition in the Irish Sea by the steamship Defence ( United Kingdom). She was towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The galiot ran aground on the Annat Bank, off the mouth of the River Tay. Her three crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| James and Louisa | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Ruder | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Crosby Spit, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and towed in to the River Mersey. |
| St. Elwine | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven into the schooners Eldred and Jasper (1 and then drove ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. |
| Therese | France | The ship was wrecked at Guadeloupe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Guadeloupe. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Boot | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Pamso, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Rotterdam. |
| Billow | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Cambrian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lepe, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Southampton. |
| Charlton | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. Three of her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus; the rest decided to remain on board. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Charlton was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Newhaven. |
| Driver | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, Ross-shire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Tain, Ross-shire. |
| Eleuthera | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brig George and Richard ( United Kingdom) off the Eddystone Lighthouse and was beached at the mouth of the Yealm River, where she was wrecked with the loss of five of the eighteen people on board. Eleuthera was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Galle, Ceylon. |
| Elizabeth and Cicely | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rye Harbour, Sussex. Her eight crew were rescued by the Rye Lifeboat Storm Sprite ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Elizabeth and Cicely was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| Evenna | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Seeder's Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford. |
| Fatled | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of five of her eighteen crew. |
| Fairy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank on Islay, Inner Hebrides. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated on 19 January and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a severely leaky condition. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth, Lothian. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Littleferry, Sutherland. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Lossiemouth. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ketch was wrecked on the Annat Bank, off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) |
| General Outram | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off "Rutnagherry", India with the loss of 53 of the 88 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Philox ( United Kingdom). General Outram was on a voyage from Cochin to Bombay. |
| Kalua, or Kurus | Russia | The schooner sank at Great Yarmouth with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Kenilworth Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (6°31′N 23°17′W﻿ / ﻿6.517°N 23.283°W﻿ / 6.517; -23.283) whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lady Huntley | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Manchester Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Lady Huntley was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent. Also reported to have sunk on the Felixtowe Ridge, off the coast of Suffolk. |
| Mary Louisa | New Zealand | The 19-ton ketch capsized in a sudden storm at the mouth of Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, New Zealand. |
| Mary Stewart | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew. She floated off, drove across the loch, came ashore and was wrecked. |
| Reform | United Kingdom | The lugger struck Deal Pier, Kent and foundered with the loss of eleven of her fourteen crew. She was answering a distress call. |
| Salmon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tresco, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from London to East London, Cape Colony. |
| St. Philomene | France | The ship was driven ashore at Bournemouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Vertranen | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked on the Roker Rock, North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Scrabster, Caithness. She was refloated and assisted in to Scrabster in a severely leaky condition. |
| Wayford | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Ballyteague, County Wexford with the loss of all eighteen crew. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore at Deal, Kent. |
| Unnamed | France | The ship was driven ashore on the Shipledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued. |
| Four unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The Thames barges sank in the River Thames upstream of London Bridge. One sank at St. Thomas's Hospital with the loss of both crew. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alacrity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramgsate in a leaky condition. |
| Anna | France | The chasse-marée was driven ashore and wrecked at Grange Chine, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mesquer, Loire-Inférieure to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to West Hartlepool. She was refloated. |
| Guitar | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Warrenpoint, County Antrim. She was later refloated. |
| Justine | Algeria | The brigantine was wrecked between Bône and Philippeville. |
| Prigitano | Spain | The ship was wrecked near Bône. |
| Skudesnaes | Norway | The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Harburg. |
| Wayfarer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| William and Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Friars Bank, off Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Liverpool. |
| Unnamed | France | The ship was wrecked between "Gigelly" and Phillippeville. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Effort | Guernsey | The brigantine departed from Guernsey for London. Presumed foundered with the loss of all eight crew. Wreckage discovered off Whitstable, Kent was thought to have come from the ship. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Mystery | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London. |
| Rosa | Netherlands | The ship ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Vlissingen. She was refloated and towed in to Terneuzen, Zeeland. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Algiers | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Livorno, Italy. |
| Bachelina | Italy | The ship was wrecked at San Pier d'Arena. Her crew were rescued. |
| Due Amici | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Vado Ligure. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. |
| Eroe | Italy | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Livorno. |
| Evangelina | Greece | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Livorno. |
| Maria Ferguson | United States | The ship was wrecked near the Loggerhead Lighthouse, in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. She was on a voyage from Mobile to Liverpool. |
| Newsky | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Padre Mimbelli | Italy | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Livorno. |
| Rachelina | Italy | The ship was wrecked at San Pier d'Arena. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rosa | Italy | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Livorno. |
| Springbok | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Middlesbrough. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the ship Sea Star ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued by Sea Star. Caroline was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Oporto, Portugal. |
| City of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Portlethen, Aberdeenshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. |
| Halston | France | The steamship was driven ashore at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. |
| Java | Flag unknown | The brigantine ran aground at Sierra Leone. She was consequently condemned. |
| Rosareo Antonino | Spain | The ship was wrecked at Santander with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Volante | United Kingdom | The sloop was run into by the steamship Conservator ( United Kingdom and sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Conservator. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina | Germany | The barque was sighted off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Cork. Presumed foundered off Galley Head, County Cork with the loss of all hands; wreckage thought to be from the ship was found by Goethe ( Germany). |
| Consuelo | Spain | The ship was wrecked near Santa Martha. |
| Equator | United Kingdom | The brig collided with a barque and sank in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south south west of Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. |
| Fashion | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Arran. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Killybegs, County Donegal. |
| Gannet | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fantome | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Margaret ( United Kingdom) and a schooner. Fantome was on a voyage from Sombrero, Anguilla to Gloucester. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Maria | New Zealand | The ship was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the Bacton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Norway to Dunedin. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Callirrhoe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |
| Chase | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at off Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from London for Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lizzie and Annie | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned with the loss of one of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Maize | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to South Shields. She broke up on 30 January. |
| Psyche | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and sank at Amoy, China. Her crew were rescued. |
| Utility | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the Bull Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| William Ash | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbara | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Roman River, or in the Roma River. |
| Catherine and John | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Agnes Campbell ( United Kingdom). Catherine and John was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Matanzas, Cuba. |
| City of Auckland | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Auckland, New Zealand and was scuttled. She was refloated on 7 February. |
| Irishman | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Kintyre ( United Kingdom) in the Clyde and was beached. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prins Carl | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Pearl Rock. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar by the steamship Evadne ( United Kingdom). |
| Starling | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the breakwater and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Sydney | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Gray | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. |
| Fire King | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool for repairs. |
| Hannibal | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Eyjafjalla", Iceland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Iceland. |
| John and Susannah | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked with the loss of all three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to London. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Old Harry Ledges. She was on a voyage from Newport to Southampton. She was refloated on 27 January |
| Lydia | France | The schooner was wrecked near Le Conquet, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to L'Orient, Morbihan. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on a reef off the Itacolomi Lighthouse, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was refloated and put back to Maranhão in a leaky condition. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Margate Sands, off Margate, Kent in a storm. Her six crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat Quiver ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Sarah was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Blacktail Sand. She was later refloated and taken in to Southend, Essex in a severely leaky condition. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ferryboat was run down and sunk in the River Ely by the steamship Johns ( United Kingdom). |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erin | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Ybarra ( Spain) and sank in the River Wye at Newport, Monmouthshire. Her crew were rescued. Erin was on a voyage from Newport to Waterford. |
| Kate Smith | United States | The barque was wrecked at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey with the loss of ten of the fourteen people on board. She was on a voyage from the South Passages to New York. |
| Mary Ann | Jamaica | The ship capsized at Saint Vincent. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pride | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Erith, Kent to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Sheerness, Kent. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Londonderry. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Shamrock | New Zealand | The 23-ton cutter grounded and was wrecked on the Whangapoua bar, New Zealand. |
| Vincent J. Wallace | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire off Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jacmel, Haiti. |
| Wasp | United States | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked east of Gibraltar. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Forest King | United States | The schooner was wrecked in Barclay Sound. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honolulu, Hawaii to Port Gamble, Washington Territory. |
| Kensington | United States | The steamship collided with the barque Templar ( Argentina) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north north east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All fifty people on board were rescued by the steamship Georgia ( United States). Kensington was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Boston, Massachusetts. Templar was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was towed into Hampton Roads and repaired. |
| Maggie | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Samuel and Sarah | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the barque Johanna Engels ( Belgium) and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cromer, Norfolk. Her five crew were rescued by the barque Robert Adamson ( United Kingdom). Samuel and Sarah was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to a French port. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beaver | United Kingdom | The fishing smack collided with the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Morecambe, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by Rose. |
| HMS Torch | Royal Navy | The Philomel-class gunvessel was driven ashore. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Longships, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. |
| Wakefield | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in Conway Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Chester, Cheshire. |
| W. R. Arthur | United States | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and fire in the Mississippi River 14 nautical miles (26 km) upstream of Memphis, Tennessee with the loss of 87 lives. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Louisville, Kentucky. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Midsummer | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Morton Castle | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Omaha | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Ossabaw Sound. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia. She was later refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Susannah | Spain | The ship was driven ashore in Ossabaw Sound. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Savannah. She broke up during efforts to refloat her. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred Hall | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from a port in Virginia to New York. |
| Batallion | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued, but three people lost their lives effecting the rescue. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Camco | United Kingdom | The steam large was driven ashore near Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 16 February and taken in to Kirkcaldy, Fife. |
| Commodore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Glückstadt, Germany. |
| Jane Hardman | Grenada | The schooner was wrecked at Barbadoes. |
| John S. Wainwright | Canada | The schooner was abandoned at sea. She subsequently came ashore at the mouth of the Inhambane River and was wrecked. |
| Kanagona | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset by the steamship Mauritius ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Kanangona was on a voyage from Saint Paul de Loanda, Portuguese East Africa to London. |
| Lady Claremont | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 9 February by Assunta ( Argentina). Lady Claremont was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Mary G. Hall | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Little Egg Harbor. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dania | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned off Todhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Dania was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom the next day. |
| E. R. J. | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Glenfeadon | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with I. R. Hea ( United Kingdom) 9 nautical miles (17 km) south west of the Mumbles, Glamorgan and was abandoned by her crew. Glenfeadon was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan. She was subsequently towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan by the tug Piero Gomez ( United Kingdom). |
| Hallo | Norway | The brig was wrecked near Buddon, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Ocean Ranger | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Petit Bois Island, Mississippi. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Mobile, Alabama. She was later refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Mobile on 8 February. |
| Scout | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and towed in to Calais. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. A. Drebert | United States | The ship was wrecked off Cerro Molle, Peru. |
| Ada | Canada | The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. |
| Adele | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Oporto, Portugal. |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Alexandre | France | The ship was driven ashore near Marbella, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to an English port. |
| Amoor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth, Devon for repairs. |
| Amykos | Dantsic | The barque ran aground at Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Rønne, Denmark. |
| Andrew Lovitt | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Bremen. She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Bremerhaven. |
| Anfrilrite | Ottoman Empire | The ship was wrecked near Mangalia before 13 January. |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 January. Her crew were rescued by Edgar ( United Kingdom). |
| Appin | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Shingle Spit. She was refloated and taken in to Zhoushan, China. |
| Apton | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned at sea. She came ashore at "Chekogin Point", United States. |
| Ariel | New South Wales | The steamship caught fire in the Murray River. |
| August and Charlotte | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned in ice off Varberg, Sweden. |
| Avenir | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to London. She was refloated. |
| Avoca | United Kingdom | The ship heeled over at Dundalk, County Louth. She filled when the tide rose. |
| Baron Heemstra | Netherlands | The steamship was abandoned in ice in the "Meir". |
| Black Brothers | United States | The ship sank whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Bretagne | France | The steamship was wrecked at Cape Shablar, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cambria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was refloated. |
| Cameo | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Carobel | United States | The barque was wrecked before 10 January. Her crew were rescued by the barque Catharine (Flag unknown) . Carobel was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York. |
| Catherine and Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground near Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Kilrush to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Chedabucto | Canada Canada | The ship was driven ashore at St. Peter's, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Chaleur Bay to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Chloe | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Jane Bacon ( United Kingdom) and sank off St Bees Head, Cumberland with the loss of a crew member. Also reported as Jane Bacon being run down by Chloe. |
| City of Baltimore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Lianho", China. She was on a voyage from Shantou to Niuzhuang, China. |
| Clarendon | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the South China Sea. |
| Clifford | Jamaica | The schooner was wrecked at Ocho Rios. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Jamaica. |
| Constantine | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Gothenburg. |
| Copse | United Kingdom | The brig caught fire at St. Ubes, Portugal and was scuttled. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to the River Tyne. |
| Cornwall | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Jacinta ( Portugal) and sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Cornwall, or Cromwell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Minatitlán, Mexico. |
| Cornwallis | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for Philadelphia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| C. White | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Delaware | United States | The steamship ran aground on the Fisherman's Flat, in the Hooghly River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Delphin | Sweden | The ship was abandoned in ice off Visby. |
| Duchess of Beaufort | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon between 12 and 20 January with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Torquay, Devon. |
| Dunsmole | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. |
| Edith | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Huelva, Spain. She was on a voyage from Huelva to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Falmouth, Cornwall on 24 January in a severely leaky condition. |
| Edward | Russia | The galiot was driven ashore at Espinho, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Oporto. |
| Elangowan | Norway | The brig was wrecked near Strömstad. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Christiania. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and assisted in to Rotterdam. |
| Eliza Lee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Ellon Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at "Lianho". She was on a voyage from Shantou to Niuzhuang. |
| Emilie | France | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Emilie, or Emillys | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Watson's Shoal. She was refloated and taken in to Warrenpoint, County Antrim. |
| Evenus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport to Waterford. |
| Falkland | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Salt Keys. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Belfast. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship foundered on or before 9 January with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin. |
| Fides | Germany | The ship foundered off the mouth of the Weser with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Geestemünde. |
| Francis | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Frank | Flag unknown | The ship collided with Leona (Flag unknown) and sank. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Fremad | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Kamperduin, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Leith to Philadelphia. |
| Gala Placida | Flag unknown | The ship sank at "Besharka". She was on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to Falmouth. |
| Garibaldi | Italy | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Greece. |
| Gem of the North | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| George | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Giovanni | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Spiropoli. |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Cape St. Antonio". |
| Grace | Jersey | The smack ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Torquay. She was refloated and anchored at Hurst Castle, Hampshire. |
| Gustava Sophia | Denmark | The ship foundered on or before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Copenhagen. |
| Haimlota | Flag unknown | The barque was driven ashore at Chinhae, Korea. She was refloated on 27 January but drove ashore again and was wrecked. |
| Harkaway | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Hiram | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia to Halifax. |
| Hume | New South Wales | The barge capsized in the Murray River. |
| Innocente | Italy | The ship collided with the steamship Austrian (Flag unknown) and sank in the Sea of Marmara. |
| Isabel | Canada | The brig was abandoned at sea. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. |
| James | Canada | The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands before 9 January. She was on a voyage from North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Halifax. |
| Jane Harriet | Canada | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Halifax to Guysborough, Nova Scotia. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Barbadoes. She was refloated. |
| Jeune Arthur | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near St. Ives Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Algiers, Algeria. |
| Jeune Sainte | France | The schooner was wrecked at Moliets-et-Maa, Landes before 28 January. |
| Juanita | Flag unknown | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from San Blas to Mazatlan, Cuba. |
| Jungfrau | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Hamburg. She was refloated. |
| Kate Cummings | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cow Bay to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Kathardin | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Edgartown, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Levine | Flag unknown | The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul. She was refloated and put back to the Rio Grande do Sul in a leaky condition. |
| Libero | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Troon to Naples. She was refloated. |
| Ligure | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and sank near Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Lindisfarne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Lord Rollo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kilrush, County Clare She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo.to the Bristol Channel. She was later refloated. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. |
| Malvina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated. |
| Maria Josefa | Spain | The ship was wrecked on "Goeritz Island". |
| Maria Kjier | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Hirsholmene. She was on a voyage from Aalborg to Korsør. She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn. |
| Marie | France | The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Lyon. |
| Marie Seraphine | Canada | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia to Quebec City. |
| Marion Emerson | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from Savannah to Bremen, Germany. |
| Mary Field | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off Felixtowe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Mateo A. | Italy | The ship was wrecked on "Cape Sciabla". Her crew were rescued. |
| Merida | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Mexico to Hamburg. She was refloated. |
| Montezuma | France | The steamship ran aground on Breskins Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Infériure to Antwerp. |
| Moselle | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Folly Island, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Charleston, South Carolina. She was later refloated and towed in to Charleston. |
| Nephine | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Boston. |
| Netzine Bahri | Ottoman Empire | The ship was wrecked near Varna. |
| Neva | Newfoundland Colony | The ship ran aground on the Gingerbread Grounds and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Cárdenas, Cuba. She was refloated and towed in to Nassau, Bahamas. |
| Nieves | Chile | The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from the Puget Sound to Valparaíso. |
| Noova Vittoria | Italy | The ship was lost. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Trieste. |
| Olaf | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Reedy Island, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Philadelphia. |
| Orazio | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Marianople to Marseille |
| Pacific | United States | The ship sank. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Eastport, Maine. |
| Paolina | Greece | The ship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Burgas. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Marseille. |
| Peryable | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Philomene | France | The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Lyon. |
| Pontiac | United States | The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Cape Lookout. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Rimer, or Runer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Crosby Spit, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Liverpool. She was refloated. |
| R. L. Alston | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Rosalie Ahrens | Rostock | The ship was discovered derelict in the Kattegat. |
| Rosina | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to New York City. |
| Roy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou to Shanghai, China. She was refloated. |
| San Vicente | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at "Laceobat". |
| Secret | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at the mouth of the "Sheen River", County Kerry. |
| Senorita | Brazil | The ship was driven ashore by ice at Sandy Point. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Boston, Massachusetts. She was later refloated. |
| Shaporgee Hirgee | India | The barque was destroyed by fire at Cochin. |
| Siela | Chile | The ship was lost. She was on a voyage from Cobija to "Copilla". |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from New York to Constantinople. She was later refloated. |
| Spark | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| St. Antonio | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at "Lussini". |
| St. Louis | France | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais to Marseille. |
| St. Louis | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore at Antwerp. |
| St. Peters | Canada | The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Sydney, Nova Scotia. |
| Susana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Oshawa Sound. |
| Tekla | Denmark | The ship was wrecked at Rörö, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. |
| Thomas Snowden | United States | The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 January. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island to New York. |
| Times | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. |
| Timandra | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Digby, Nova Scotia. |
| Trinidad | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, where she arrived on 19 January. |
| Two Forty | United States | The fishing schooner was lost on Seal Island, Nova Scotia while on her homeward passage from the Grand Banks. Crew saved. |
| Union | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to New York. |
| Ville de Dieppe | France | The barque was in collision with Blenheim ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cartagena to Liverpool. She was discovered by Fanny Kemble ( United States), which put four crew on board. They took her in to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Virgilia | France | The ship was wrecked on the north point of Formosa. Her crew were rescued. |
| Wasper | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. She was on a voyage from Mobile to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| William Heinburg | Russia | The ship was wrecked near Aveiro, Portugal with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Riga to Oporto. |
| Y. F. V. | Spain | The ship was lost in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Hong Kong. |