# List of shipwrecks in November 1878

The list of shipwrecks in November 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1878.

## 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | United States | The schooner grounded near the entrance to Grand Haven, Michigan in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Michigan. Eight rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Australia | United States | The schooner missed the entrance to Grand Haven hitting a pier in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Michigan. She grounded 20 feet (6.1 m) from the pier and was wrecked. One killed, six rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Brockley | United Kingdom | The tug collided with the steamship Kildare ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| David S. | Italy | The ship caught fire in the Aegean Sea and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom to Odessa, Russia. |
| Ino | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany in a leaky condition . |
| J. H. Rutter | United States | The schooner was wrecked in a storm near Ludington, Michigan. Though declared a total loss, she was raised, repaired and returned to service in 1879. |
| L. C. Woodruff | United States | The barque dragged anchor in a gale in Lake Michigan off White Lake into the breakers 150 yards (140 m) offshore 1⁄2 nautical mile (0.93 km) north of the lake entrance early in the morning, sinking in 13 feet (4.0 m) of water. Broke up around sundown. Of her crew six killed, four rescued, or three killed and seven rescued, by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Marianne | Germany | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Copenhagen, Denmark. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Montpelier | United States | The schooner grounded on the wreck of the steamship Orion knocking a hole in her bottom and causing her to sink near the entrance to Grand Haven, Michigan in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Michigan. Eight rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Ottercape | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland. |
| Peruvian | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Leswalt, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a waterlogged condition. |

## 2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aline | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on a reef off Yori-shima, Loochoo Islands, Japan. She was on a voyage from Takao, Formosa to Hyogo, Japan. |
| Asphodel | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of East London, Cape Colony. |
| HMS Malabar | Royal Navy | The Euphrates-class troopship became disabled in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) east south east of Prawle Point, Devon due to an engine breakdown. She was taken in tow by the steamship Benjamin Whitworth ( United Kingdom). Two Admiralty tugs assisted Benjamin Whitworth in taking HMS Malabar in to Plymouth, Devon. The troopship was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to India. |
| S. J. Bogart | United States | The barque ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) west of Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New York to Rouen. She was refloated. |
| Terese | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned off East London. She came ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of East London. |

## 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Knud, and Rostock | ( Norway) Germany | The steamships collided in the Baltic Sea and were both severely damaged. Knud was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She put in to "Lappegrunden". Rostock was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Copenhagen, Denmark. She put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a severely leaky condition. |
| Penelope | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship Celeste ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Her nine crew were taken on by a pilot coble. Penelope was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was subsequently towed in to Hartlepool. |

## 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Djemnah | ( France) | The steamship was driven ashore at La Joliette, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to China. Her 141 passengers were taken off. She was refloated and put back to Marseille. |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The steam barge collided with City of Baltimore ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Birkenhead, Cheshire with the loss of five lives. Survivors were rescued by City of Baltimore and the tug Ranger ( United Kingdom). |
| Martin | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Chapman Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ocean Home | Norway | The barque was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a derelict and waterlogged condition. |
| Sicilian | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and put back to New York. |
| Stagshaw | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Gravesend, Kent. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend. |
| Urania | ( United Kingdom) | The brig was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. |
| Widdington | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Staur Holmen Rigg, off Gotland, Sweden with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |

## 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cambodge | France | The barque was wrecked at Vizagapatam, India with some loss of life. |
| Celt | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Carnsore, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Fifeshire | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Vizagapatam with the loss of seventeen of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Bimlipatam to Madras, India. |
| Forresian | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk off Málaga, Spain by the steamship Pasajes ( Spain) with the loss of all but two of those on board. Survivors were rescued by Pasajes. |
| Gazelle | United States | The schooner grounded on Long Island, New York and broke up. Some equipment was salvaged. Her crew of three rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Janet Forbes | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore west of Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| John Hullet | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Lillegrunden. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Metlania | Spain | The brig was driven ashore in the Baie d'Authie. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. |
| Olive Branch | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Bimlipatam, India with some loss of life. |
| Unnamed | United States | The schooner grounded 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Two Rivers, Wisconsin Life Saving Station in heavy seas. Her crew of three rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |

## 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fear Not | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hayle, Cornwall whilst being towed by the tug North Star ( United Kingdom). |
| Heligan | United Kingdom | The schooner sprung a leak and sank off Lundy Island, Devon while on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gweek, Cornwall. Two crew drowned and two were picked up by a passing steamship. |
| Lizzie Olson | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off The Lizard, Cornwall whilst on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Zenith | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off "Pouliquen", Loire-Inférieure. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner run into by the steamship John O. Scott ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. |

## 7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Darley | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Southwold. |
| Wacousta | Canada | The schooner grounded 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) from the pier and one mile (1.6 km) offshore at Charlotte, New York in a gale and snowstorm and heavy seas in Lake Ontario. Her crew of six were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |

## 8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blue Jacket | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the barque Galilee ( Denmark). Blue Jacket was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was still afloat a week later. |
| Caroline | France | The barque was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Antofagasta, Chile to Dunkerque. She was refloated on 16 November. |
| Helligan | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gweek, Cornwall. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was driven ashore and wrecked at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
| Levant | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 37 nautical miles (69 km) from its mouth. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was run down and sunk off the Eddystone Rocks, Cornwall by Woodlark ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Woodlark. |
| Mathilde | Norway | The brig was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. All ten people on board were rescued by the Donna Nook Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Larvik to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. |
| Notre Dame | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to Buckie, Moray. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Grimsby. |
| Raven | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore near Rhyl, Denbighshire. Her crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. |
| Speedwell | Canada | The schooner grounded 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Oswego, New York in a gale and snowstorm and heavy seas in Lake Ontario. Her crew of seven were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Virgo | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All eight people on board got aboard the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House), from where were rescued by the smack Reindeer. Virgo was on a voyage from London to "Kidby". |
| Unnamed | flag unknown | The steamship ran aground in Liverpool Bay. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was driven ashore. Her crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. |

## 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | Canada | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Eliza Ann Matilda ( Norway). Albion was on a voyage from Annapolis, Maryland, United States to London, United Kingdom. |
| Alblasserdam | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland with the loss of 40 crew. She was on a voyage from "Pangool", Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Bellona | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore near Royan, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Bo-peep | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Carlotta | New Zealand | The barque was wrecked near Wellington Harbour. All hands were saved. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the coast of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to the Mull of Kintyre. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Milbay, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London. |
| Devonshire | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Tyne at Sunderland. |
| Fanchon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Domesnes, Russia and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Frederike | Germany | The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea off "Hasan". Her crew were rescued. |
| George | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent. |
| George | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore at Lowestoft. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the schooner Electryon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Electryon. Helena was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Paul ( United Kingdom). Iris was on a voyage from Northfleet, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Johanna | Germany | The schooner foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Noord Hinder Lightship ( Netherlands). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
| John and Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Salthouse, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| John Pardew | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshrie. |
| Larch | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Tyne at Sunderland. She was refloated. |
| Lily | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lima | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Westminster ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Tilbury, Essex. Lima was on a voyage from the River Thames to the River Tyne. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballinskelligs Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. |
| Mystery | United Kingdom | The samck was abandoned of the coast of Norfolk. She ran aground on the Scroby Sands, floated off and ran aground on the Middle Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a derelict condition . |
| Neptun | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingborg. |
| Old Goody | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Great Yarmouth. She was refloated with assistance from the Gorleston Lifeboat Leicester ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Ono | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Alma ( United Kingdom). Ono was towed in to Portland, Dorset by Lionel ( United Kingdom) on 12 November. |
| Phœbus | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Sunk Sand. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg, Sweden to London. Her nine crew were rescued by the smack Volunteer ( United Kingdom). Phoebus was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a severely damaged and waterlogged condition. |
| Phoenix | United Kingdom | The ketch was wrecked on the coast of Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Abbeville, Somme, France. |
| Primula | Norway | The brigantine was beached at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Norway. |
| R. C. Bulgin | Germany | The ship departed from Galveston, Texas, United States for Liverpool. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Sarah Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued. |
| Twelve Apostles | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated on 11 November with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, for repairs. |
| Urania | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| William Jones | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Youghal, County Cork for Bridgwater, Somerset. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all six crew. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Leven, Fife. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by a tug. |

## 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dryad | United Kingdom | The steam lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Anstruther, Fife. Her crew were rescued by the Anstruther Lifeboat Admiral Fitzroy ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Dryad was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was refloated on 14 November. |
| Ebenezer | Germany | The barque foundered in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by the steamship Ferndale ( United Kingdom). Ebenezer was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Edward and Emma | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Rydal Hall and was abandoned by her crew, who got aboard the steamship. Edward and Emma was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was towed in to Liverpool by the tug Kingfisher ( United Kingdom). |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Gravesend, Kent |
| Francis | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mandal to a port in North Carolina, United States. |
| Gustav | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by Argus ( Germany). |
| Il Tipo | Italy | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Haiti. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The lugger ran aground on the Shingle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was refloated with assistance from the Margate Lifeboat Friend to all Nations ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and taken in to Margate, Kent. |
| Jacob Johann | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at Nexø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to "Aahines". |
| Rebecca | Germany | The barque ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Yorin | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her 21 crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Yorin was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was refloated. |

## 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. A. Wignall | United Kingdom | The ship collided with another vessel and ran aground. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the River Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely damaged and severely leaky condition. |
| Ann | Guernsey | The schooner was abandoned off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition. |
| Attila | Austria-Hungary | The barque was driven ashore at Aracati, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Ceará to Aracati. She was a total loss. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The wherry was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from "Benne" to Maryport. She was refloated and towed in to Maryport. |
| Elisha | United Kingdom | The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea by a German vessel with the loss of a crew member. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Wick, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Wick to the Orkney Islands. She was refloated and put back to Wick. |
| Germania | Germany | The ship departed from Cuxhaven for New York, United States. No further trace, posted missing. |
| Gilpin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Pernambuco, Brazil She was refloated the next day and towed in to Neath. |
| Gorm | Denmark | The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. All 21 people on board were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Gorm was on a voyage from Copenhagen to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition. |
| Kate | Guernsey | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her nine crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Landwood | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Maryport. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked off Thorpeness, Sufolk. Her five crew were rescued by the Thorpeness Lifeboat Ipswich ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Margaret was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She came ashore at Sizewell, Suffolk. |
| Meteore | France | The barque struck a rock and sank at Lormont, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Piako | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Of her passengers, the women and children were put into boats and were rescued by Loch Doon ( United Kingdom). Piako was on a voyage from London to New Zealand. She was scuttled on 16 November. Her crew and the male passengers reached "Cocoa Nut Island", from where they were rescued six weeks later. |
| Prosperous | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Carn Marvel, in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from the Isles of Scilly to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. |
| Utopia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport. She was refloated and taken in to Maryport. |
| Youn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sand. Her 21 crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Youn was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft. |
| Three unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were wrecked off Pakefield, Suffolk. Their crews were rescued. |

## 12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Eliza | United Kingdom | The cutter was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. |
| Annie White | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitstable. |
| Antelope | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Scrabster, Caithnes. Her crew survived. |
| City of Tanjore | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and resumed her voyage. |
| Gemma Parodi | Italy | The barque ran aground and sank at the mouth of the River Tees. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the paddle tug Nunthorpe ( United Kingdom). Gemma Parodi was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Genoa. |
| Glenearn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong. She was refloated. |
| Haabet | Grand Duchy of Finland | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. |
| John and Edwin | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitstable. |
| Londesborough | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitstable. |
| Jabez | United Kingdom | The fishing boat drifted onto rocks at Clodgy Point, Cornwall in a gale with the loss of three of her five cew. |
| Mary Ann Mackay | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitstable. |
| Stephen and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Whitstable. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of three of her five crew. |

## 13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adele | France | The ship foundered off Belle Île, Morbihan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Atlantic | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Swin Middle Bank, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Tønsberg, Germany. She was refloated and put back to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Baynes | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ystad, Sweden to London. |
| Carcand | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground off Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Cape Canso, Nova Scotia to Saint Pierre and Miquelon. |
| Emily Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Herne Bay, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to London. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Oni | Grand Duchy of Finland | The schooner was driven ashore at Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Christiania, Norway. |
| Ridesdale | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Aid and the Ramsgate Lifeboat and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Vorobey | Russia | The transport ship foundered in the Black Sea off Sukhumi with the loss of fourteen of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff to Poti. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Granton, Lothian. |

## 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all four crew. |
| Bessie | United Kingdom | The collier hit the western side of the Hayle Estuary and floated off and was carried by the wind and tide to the eastern side of the river. Bessie later became high and dry on Hayle Bar and her cargo and rigging were removed in an attempt to refloat her. |
| Elise | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| F. Edward | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Heinrich | Germany | The brig was driven ashore in Aalbek Bay. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Maria Augusta | Germany | The ship was wrecked at San Ferdinando, Italy. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Gioia Tauro, Italy to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. |

## 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Victoria | Russia | The ship ran aground near Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Armstrong | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east south east of the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Artemis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Sandhamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sandhamn to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Davide S | France | The ship caught fire at sea. She was towed in to "Ergasteria", Greece by a British steamship. |
| Jansjen | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Hellebæk, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Dantzic. She was later refloated and taken into port. |
| Smaragd | Norway | The brig ran aground in the Dardanelles and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Odessa, Russia. |
| Tricolor | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| W. H. Tucker | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Magnum ( Norway). W. H. Tucker was on a voyage from Beaufort, South Carolina, United States to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Unnamed | Spain | The felucca sank at Sanlúcar de Barrameda. |

## 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Deerhound ( United Kingdom). She was refloated on 26 November and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Eunomia | Germany | The brigantine was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche, France to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 25 November and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Hoppett | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Farsund, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kalmar, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Farsund. The wreck was advertised to be sold. |
| Ida Sofia | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Isabel | Germany | The ship was driven ashore near Randsund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Kristiansand, Norway. |
| Marcasite | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. |
| Oscar | Norway | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Phœnix ( Denmark). Oscar was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Brevig. |
| Patriot | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barmston, Yorkshire. Her seven crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat John Abbott ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Patriot was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Sea Flower | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Clee Ness. Her crew were rescued by the Cleethorpes Lifeboat. She subsequently caught fire and was a total loss. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The schooner struck Carn Morval, while leaving the Isles of Scilly for Cardiff, Glamorgan. Lady of the Isles ( United Kingdom) towed her off and brought her into Hugh Town. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship foundered off the mouth of the River Tyne. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore near Grainthorpe. |

## 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Caroline Kystar | Germany | The brig ran aground and sank at "Sevelskoer", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. |
| Deerfoot | United Kingdom | The barque was run down and sunk in the Hawk Roads, off Spurn Point, Yorkshire by the steamship Angelo ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one of the fifteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Angelo. Deerfoot was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Emanuel | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg to Hythe, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Enio | Austria-Hungary | The barque was driven ashore at Lagos, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss. |
| Jalawar | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Mangalore ( India). Jalawar was on a voyage from Madras to Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Johannes Koster | Germany | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Segelskaret". She was on a voyage from Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland to an English port. |
| Memphis | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage. |
| Rio | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Sagres, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to the Antilles. |
| Sunderland | Norway | The barque foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. |
| Thalla | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged by ice and sank in the Southern Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Mushka ( United Kingdom). Thalla was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii. |
| Walker | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Sunderland. |
| Willem | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Middelgrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Dordrecht, South Holland. |
| Unnamed | Sweden | The barque ran aground at "Holmetunge", Denmark. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all seven people on board. |
| Unnamed | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore at Donna Nook. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jomala, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hull. |

## 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cronstadt | Russia | The steamship was driven ashore at the Porkkala Lighthouse, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Hooghly | France | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Castillos, Uruguay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to the River Plate. |
| Johanna Bengemann | Germany | The barque was abandoned by nine of her crew, who were rescued by the Donna Nook Lifeboat. Her captain and mate refused to leave. She was subsequently driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Both crew survived. Johanna Bengemann was on a voyage from Memel to Hull, Yorkshire and/or London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 20 November and taken in to Hull. |
| Lynet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bahía Honda, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Havana, Cuba. |
| Macnear | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Columbia River. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Portland, Maine. |
| Neva | Russia | The ship steamship was driven ashore at Thiessow, Germany. She was on a voyage from Riga to Wolgast, Germany. She was refloated on 26 November and towed in to Griefswald, Germany. |
| Oxford | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Surrup", Russia. She was on a voyage from London to Reval, Russia. |
| Unnamed | Imperial Russian Navy | The barge was destroyed by the explosion of torpedoes on board with the loss of between twelve and twenty lives. |

## 19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allicance | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Weardale ( United Kingdom) in the Bute Channel and was beached. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Anna | Denmark | The schooner foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Elena ( United Kingdom). |
| Argelio | United Kingdom | The brig struck rocks and put in to Lorient, Morbihan, France. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Gloucester. |
| Cornwall | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Longships, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Fram | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Heathpool | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier and was beached at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Margaret Banks | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Sulina branch of the Danube 38 nautical miles (70 km) from its mouth. |
| Norma | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Naples, Italy. She was refloated and put back to Middlesbrough. |
| Sigurd | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Orfordness, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. |
| Tullochgorum | United Kingdom | The ship arrived at Mauritius on fire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Saltsckar Rocks, off Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ascupart | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Typet Ledge, off Atherfield, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated with assistance from the Coastguard and resumed her voyage. |
| Christiane | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. |
| Guara | Brazil | The steamship collided with the steamship Cearense ( United Kingdom) and sank at Pará. All on board survived. |
| Melanie | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde with the loss of a crew member. |
| War Eagle | United Kingdom | The paddle tug sank at South Shields, County Durham. |

## 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice Davies | United Kingdom | The barque was run down and sunk in the River Mersey by the steamship Cherbourg ( United Kingdom) with the loss of five of the fifteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Cherbourg and the tugs Sailor King and Warrior (both United Kingdom). The wreck was dispersed by explosives in December. |
| Glenorchy | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Gustav | Germany | The brig was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Aberdeen, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Thor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Montrose. She was refloated and taken in to Montrose. |

## 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline Knight | United States | The schooner stranded on Straw's Point, New Hampshire 1⁄4 nautical mile (0.46 km) east of Life Saving Station No. 7, 1st District in a strong wind. Her crew of five rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Northcote | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Lillegrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was refloated on 24 November and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Partisan | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Raabea", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Malmö. |
| Western Eilan | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore at Beaufort, United States. |
| William H. Hopkins | United States | The schooner stranded on Long Island, New York 1⁄2 nautical mile (0.93 km) west of Life Saving Station No. 34, 3rd District in a strong wind. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |

## 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diana | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Tamsui, Formosa. She was refloated. |
| Ida B. Silsbee | United States | The schooner stranded on the Fire Island Bar in a gale and high seas where she pounded her bottom out. Her crew of three were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Mary A. Rowland | United States | The schooner stranded on the rocks Rackliff Island, Maine in a gale and high seas. Refloated a week later and beached on flats. Her crew of three were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Riverdale | United States | The Schooner was run into and sunk off Thacher Island, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. |

## 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dora | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks in the River Shannon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Limerick. She completed her voyage in a severely leaky condition. |
| Louisa Jane | United Kingdom | The cutter struck rocks off Portishead, Somerset and sank. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Roscoff, Finistère, France to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Maggie Townsend | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Tuller or Seniers (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Mersey. |
| Mercia | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship Camoens ( United Kingdom) and sank at São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. Mercia was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Banana, Congo Free State. |
| Parthenon | Greece | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 20 nautical miles (37 km) from its mouth. |
| Richmond | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. All on board were rescued by the steamship Nellie Wise ( United Kingdom). |
| Royal Standard | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the barque Ezio ( Austria-Hungary) approximately 7 nautical miles (13 km) north-east of Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Ezio. Royal Standard was severely damaged. She was towed into Ilfracombe, Devon. |
| Sandsend | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool. She was refloated on 6 December and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Scottish Maid | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run down and sunk off Whitby, Yorkshire by the brigantine Ann ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Ann. Scottish Maid was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run down and sunk in the River Thames by the steamship Aberfeldy ( United Kingdom). |
| Three unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships sank in the Tagus with the loss of eighteen lives. |

## 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Cassiopia | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Llobregat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Constance | Netherlands | The barque was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Dora | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks in the River Shannon and was severely damaged. |
| Henrietta | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Olinda, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Santa Catharina to Ceará, Brazil. |
| Moel Eilain, and Pommerania | Germany | The steamship Pommerania was in collision with the barque Moel Eilain ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of 48 of the 220 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Glengary ( United Kingdom). Pommerania was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg. Moel Eilian was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She put in to Dover, Kent in a severely damaged condition. |

## 26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carmela | United States | The ship was damaged by fire at Trieste. |
| Emmy | Germany | The schooner was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Frederick Snowden ( United Kingdom). Emmy was on a voyage from Ystad, Sweden to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Fleetwing | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The Mersey Ferry collided with Bowfell ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Five people were killed, thirteen were reported missing. |
| Hertha | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyngør with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Christiania. |
| Pallas | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Öland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Zosteria | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Zosteria was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft. |

## 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George Fox | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Klemore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Aldeburgh Knapes Shoal, in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was later refloated and taken into the River Thames, where she arrived on 14 December. |
| Magdalena | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Norrköping, Sweden to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage |

## 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the Barrow Sand, in the Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom. |
| Annie Vernon | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at Sunderland, County Durham and was beached. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Constance Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Villareal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Villareal to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Escape | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay Barlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Escape was on a voyuage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. |
| Jacob Rotheburg | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. All on board were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was refloated on 9 December. |
| Meaburn | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Richard and George | United Kingdom | The schooner was severely damaged by fire in the River Tyne. |
| St. Mark | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| William Carroll | United States | The schooner stranded on North Island, Massachusetts in high surf. |

## 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The fishing lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Alfgar | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Hammeren, Denmark. She was later refloated. |
| Charles and John | Sweden | The barque was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of seven of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Soli Deo Gloria ( Germany). Charles and John was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Calais, France. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by Sea Flower ( United Kingdom). |
| Fanny | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was driven ashore at Calais. Her crew were rescued. |
| Giacomo | Italy | The brigantine ran aground on the Meloria Shoal, in the Mediterranean Sea and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Livorno. |
| Heinrich | Germany | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. A crew member was reported missing. |
| Marie Honore | France | The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, posted missing. |
| Ostfolk | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore at Östergarn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London, United Kingdom. |
| Prince Oscar | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Karnaphuli River. She was refloated the next day. |
| Rosamond | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Cherbourg, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| San Juan | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by a steamship near The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of fifteen of her sixteen crew. The survivor was rescued by the steamship. |
| Southminster | United Kingdom | The 1,223-ton ship went aground and was holed on Kelp Reef, near Cape Campbell, New Zealand, in thick fog. Her passengers, crew and mail were saved. |
| Spray | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She was on a voyage from Alloa to Pillau, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Sweet Home | Canada | The schooner lost her tow in heavy seas and hit a pier at Oswego, New York, then stranded 300 feet (91 m) east of the harbor where she went to pieces. Four crewmen jumped onto the pier when she hit it, a woman was left on board and was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service before the schooner broke up. |
| Taranaki | New Zealand | The passenger steamship was wrecked on Karewa Island near Tauranga in thick fog. All 107 passengers and crew safely made landfall. |

## 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alne Holme | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Bokkegat, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Arragon | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Lady Havelock ( United Kingdom) and ran aground in the River Avon. Arragon was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York, United States. |
| Thyria | Denmark | The brig ran aground at the entrance of the Nieuwe Waterweg and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Vindava, Courland Governorate to Schiedam, South Holland. |
| Wilhelm | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Reval, Russia. She was refloated on 2 December and taken in to Oskarshamn the next day. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The fishing boats were driven ashore at Aberdeen. Their crews were rescued. One boat was severely damaged, the other was wrecked. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | Canada | The barquentine was abandoned at sea before 16 November. She was on a voyage from Paspébiac, Quebec to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Anna | Netherlands | The brigantine foundered after 25 November. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom. |
| ARend | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Blauwe Slenk. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom to Harlingen, Friesland. She was refloated on 15 November and taken in to Harlingen. |
| Aura | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gaspé, Quebec. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Gaspé. |
| Becker | Germany | The schooner was wrecked on the Mexican coast. Her crew survived. |
| Brechin Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Calcutta, India. She put in to São Vicente Island, Cape Verde Islands on 15 November. |
| Bride | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall. She was refloated on 29 November. |
| Chrysolite | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands before 12 November. |
| Comrade | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Jamaica. |
| Crimea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Ella B. | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea before 20 November. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. |
| Eskbank | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Diamond", New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii. |
| Farnley Hall | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Morna and sank in the River Thames at the entrance to the Surrey Docks. |
| Felixe | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 28 November. |
| Freddie C. Evett | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered on 7 November off Tybee Island, Georgia, United States by a pilot boat, which put some of her crew aboard. |
| George E. Thatcher | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Africa. |
| Gluck Auf | Germany | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Guglielmo Tomasino | Italy | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. |
| Il Tipo | Italy | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Haiti before 10 November. |
| J. E. Woodworth | Canada | The barque was destroyed by fire at sea before 23 November. Her crew were rescued. |
| Julio and Vicgtoria | Portugal | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States to the Cape Verde Islands. |
| Kron Prinz Ernst August | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Express ( United Kingdom). Kron Prinz Ernst August was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lübeck. |
| L. de V. Chipman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Charlottetown. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Charlottetown. |
| Leon | Cape Colony | The cutter was wrecked at Port Nolloth. |
| Linwood | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated with assistance on 23 November. |
| Luisita | Italy | The ship was abandoned at sea before 13 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Domingo to Genoa. |
| Manilus | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in Bulls Bay, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to New York. |
| Marie Becker | Germany | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew survived. |
| Marie Sophie | Germany | The barque was beached at Salinas, Brazil. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sizewell, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Martha S. Harding | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Easington, Yorkshire. |
| Moss Glen | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 November. |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned at sea. |
| Ollivier | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Tetney, Lincolnshire She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. County Durham. She was refloated on 26 November and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Peder Anker | Norway | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom and/or Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Phoenician | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with Moravian ( United Kingdom) at Cape La Roche in the Saint Lawrence River and was beached. Phoenicia was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to the Clyde. |
| Quito | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Kertch, Russia before 13 November. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Taganrog, Russia. She was refloated. |
| Rachel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Villanova, near Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Villanova to Cardiff. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Villanova to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Sweet Home | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brindisi, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brindisi. She was refloated. |
| The Little Minnie | Jamaica | The schooner capsized and sank with the loss of all but one of those on board. The survivor was rescued three days later by the steamship Warrior ( United Kingdom). The Little Minnie was on a voyage from Jamaica to Colón, United States of Colombia. |
| Ulysse | France | The ship ran aground in the Torres Strait. She was on a voyage from New Zealand to Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was refloated and put in to Mauritius, where she arrived on 8 November. |
| Zeeland | United States | The steamship caught fire at sea. She put back to New York and the fire was extinguished. |