# List of shipwrecks in December 1870

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

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arche d'Alliance | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Bekara | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Osprey ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Belvedere, Kent. |
| Cardiff Packet | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the schooner Azores Packet ( United Kingdom) and sank off Mullion Island, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. Cardiff Packet was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to St Germans, Cornwall. |
| Elver | United Kingdom | The fishing smack collided with the steamship Cromwell ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lagos | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned 75 nautical miles (139 km) west of "Shebar". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lagos, Africa. |
| Penguin | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Union des Chargeurs | France | The ship struck the quayside at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and was damaged. She put back to Havre de Grâce for repairs. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alina | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Alma | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Beta | Portugal | The steamship ran aground in the Douro. |
| Gretine | Prussia | The galiot was driven ashore on Inchgarvie in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Ross-shire to Emden. She was refloated. She was refloated. |
| Leah | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kappelshamn, Sweden. |
| Marie Celine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Penfret, Glénan Islands, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil with the loss of all but three of her crew. She foundered the next day. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to London. |
| Tom | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to Malta. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alpha | Hamburg | The brig was destroyed by fire at Hebburn, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Garibaldi | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Seagull ( United Kingdom) and foundered in The Downs. Her crew survived. |
| Jane Corey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Maria | Prussia | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to Papenburg. |
| Maria da Gloria | Brazil | The ship ran aground at Faial Island, Azores. She was consequently condemned. |
| Wickham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Doune Castle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated with assistance from the Caister Lifeboat and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Elva | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk by the steamship Cromwell ( United Kingdom) 8 nautical miles (15 km) east north east of the North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Cromwell. |
| Gladstone, and May Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship Gladstone collided with the steamship May Queen and was abandoned the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House) by eight of the 26 people on board. They were rescued by the steamship Ransome ( United Kingdom). May Queen was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. May Queen was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. She put in to South Shields, County Durham sinking at the bows. |
| Jantje Wilkins | Netherlands | The ship departed from Helsingør, Denmark for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Nil Desperandum | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of all hands. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Civita Vecchia, Italy. |
| Osiris | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Spaniard Sand and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Faversham, Kent. |
| Rodego Donavero | Italy | The barque ran aground in the River Tees. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Victor ( United Kingdom). |
| Sea Gull, and an Unnamed vessel | United Kingdom Flag unknown | The unnamed schooner was run into by the schooner Sea Gull and sank in The Downs with the presumed loss of all hands. Sea Gull was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to London. |
| Thomas Hubbuck | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to London. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Joutsen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hafre Riff, off Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Nimrod ( Courland Governorate ) and sank at Sandhammaren, Norway. Nancy was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Pillau, Prussia. |
| San Francisco | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York to Bermuda. She was refloated on 17 December. |
| Thor | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Dungeness, Kent. |
| Valdes | Spain | The steamship ran aground on the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Seville. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and towed in to Waterford, United Kingdom. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. |
| Borneo | United Kingdom | The steamship was lost off Cape Santa Martha, Brazil with the loss of 37 lives. She was on a voyage from London to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Eastern Belle | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg. She was refloated and towed in to Cuxhaven. |
| Freedom | Jersey | The smack was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Spindrift | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on São Jorge Island, Azores with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port in Tabasco, Mexico. |
| Supply | New Zealand | The cutter was wrecked close to Pencarrow Head in a northwesterly gale while en route from Havelock, New Zealand to Wellington. |
| No. 35 | United Kingdom | The pilot boat was driven ashore at Cardiff. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore in Aalbek Bay. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom to Helsingborg. |
| Clarendon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Harburg to Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. She was refloated. |
| Colorado | Trieste | The brig was wrecked on the Tendra Spit, Russia. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Odessa, Russia. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Rota, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Moldavia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with assistance and put in to Dover, Kent. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ansgar, and Caradoc | Denmark United Kingdom | The ship Ansgar collided with the ship Caradoc off Holyhead, Anglesey and both vessels foundered. Ansgar was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Her crew were rescued by Emily McNear ( United Kingdom). Caradoc was on a voyage from Liverpool to Singapore, Straits Settlements. Her crew were rescued. |
| Avalon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Schulpen Plaat, in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Boomerang | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated. |
| Dazzler | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Drie Gebroeders | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Jahde, in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from West Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom to Brouwershaven, Zeeland. |
| Eyra | Belgium | The ship ran aground off Zoutelande, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to an English port. |
| George Avery | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the North Rocks, off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Hamburg. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Victoria ( United Kingdom) but had to be beached on Heligoland, where she was wrecked. |
| Georgiana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Giovannino | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkerque. She was refloated on 14 December and taken in to Dunkerque. |
| Odense | Denmark | The schooner ran aground off Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Antwerp. |
| Otto | Norway | The ship departed from "Laurkullen" for the Firth of Forth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Primrose | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Gertrude ( United Kingdom). |
| Rhone | Netherlands | The steamship was wrecked on "Piana Island", off Cape Farina Beylik of Tunis with the loss of all but one of her 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Solon | Norway | The barque ran aground off Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and taken in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Souchays | Ottoman Empire | The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated. |
| St. Pierre | France | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Licata. Her crew were rescued. |
| William Richardson | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the Moray Firth off Ethie Head, Ross-shire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Inverness. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The barge was driven ashore at Barnstaple, Devon in a capsized condition. |
| Bengollyn | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Chillas | Italy | The brigantine was wrecked at Bagnara Calabria. |
| City of Bristol | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Longsands, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of two of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Dasher | United Kingdom | The pilot cutter struck the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked. Her three crew were rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat Good Deliverance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat and another lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Emalie | Norway | The schooner was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. All seven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| Marion | India | The ship was wrecked north of Singapore, Straits Settlements. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Cocanada. |
| Marsden | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Odense | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Peerless | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north west of Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by the barque Elise Mathilde ( Norway). Peerless was on a voyage from Newport to Coquimbo, Chile and/or Callao, Peru. |
| Piere Superior | France | The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkerque. |
| Red Cross Knight | Hamburg | The ship was damaged by fire at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Samuel Barnard | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized off the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of all fice crew. |
| San Demetrio | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Bagnara Calabria. |
| Sherbro' Hermann | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore at Strandby, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cimbritshamn to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The smack foundered on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. B. Wyman | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (36°30′N 61°00′W﻿ / ﻿36.500°N 61.000°W﻿ / 36.500; -61.000). She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Floresta | Brazil | The schooner was wrecked between "Furado" and "Macabe". |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anns | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived. |
| Eclipse | Guernsey | The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Deva | New South Wales | The brig was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Port Macquarie. She was on a voyage from New Caledonia to Newcastle. |
| Erne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Johanna | Denmark | The sschooner foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Alma ( United Kingdom). Johanna was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. |
| Pomona | Canada | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 25 crew were rescued by Apphia ( United Kingdom). Pomona was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Saxony | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Garrucha, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palomares, Almería to the River Tyne. |
| Stjernen | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dram to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alkko | Grand Duchy of Finland | The schooner was taken in to Rønne, Denmark in a waterlogged condition. |
| Argos | Italy | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. All eleven people on board were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Liebig | Flag unknown | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Bakers Island, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Maren | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to "Porto Negro". She was refloated. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mendoza | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from London to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 16 December with assistance from Austro-Hungarian Navy gunboats and towed in to Smyrna. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aberdeenshire | United Kingdom | The brig capsized in the River Medway at Rochester, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was righted. |
| Agenora | United States | The brig ran aground off the Poolbeg Lighthouse, County Dublin, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin. |
| Celeste Adelaide | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Kirkonsland Bay, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Londonerry to Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. |
| Dovercourt | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to London. She was refloated and taken in to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada for repairs. |
| Earl of Seafield | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Leven, Fife with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Leith, Lothian. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath. |
| Fingal | United Kingdom | The steamship arrived at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands on fire. She was on a voyage from Leith to Rotterdam. |
| Forest Flower | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Lowestoft No.1 Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The paddle tug sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Hull | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore south of Hirtshals, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Pillau, Prussia. |
| Iberia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Castropol, Spain. |
| M. A. Jones | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the brig Leon Grand Duchy of Finland) and sank off Cape Matapan, Greece. Her crew were rescued by the barque Si ( Italy). M. A. Jones was on a voyage from Gemlik, Ottoman Empire to the Clyde. |
| St. Clair | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Leith. She was refloated on 19 December. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aggie M. | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Manila, Spanish East Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Amanda | Prussia | The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Eider. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Tönning. |
| Amica | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork. |
| Betty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was being towed from Hartlepool to West Hartlepool. She was later refloated and taken in to West Hartlepool. |
| Drydens, and Fire Queen | United Kingdom | The barque Drydens collided with the steamship Fire Queen and sank at Queenstown, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Queenstown. Fire Queen was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was beached on the Spit Bank. |
| Flora, and Prima | United Kingdom Prussia | The steamship Flora collided with the steamship Prima and sank off Burntisland, Fife. Her eighteen crew were rescued. Flora was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Prima was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Flensburg. She put in to Leith, Lothian, where she was beached. |
| Fremad | Norway | The barque sprang a leak and was beached near Skudesnes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Mandal. |
| George Todd | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint George, New Brunswick, Canada to Havana, Cuba. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Harris Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her five crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Jessie Knowles ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jessie was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. |
| Jeune Emilie | France | The ship sank at Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Farsund, Norway with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stettin and Dantzig. |
| Oscar I | Norway | The brig ran aground at Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham to Christiania. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields in a leaky condition. |
| HMS Psyche | Royal Navy | The Psyche-class dispatch vessel was wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off Catania, Sicily, Italy. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore at Culross, Fife. |
| Suzanne | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed. |
| Torrance | United Kingdom | The sbrig collided with the brig Celestial ( Surinam) and the barque Echo ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew. Torrance was subsequently discovered by Dart ( Jersey), which put two of her crew aboard. She was towed in to Troon, Ayrshire by the steamship Enterprise ( Jersey) on 15 December. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from Kirkcaldy, Fife to London. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Canovan Point, County Cork. She was refloated on 20 December and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork for repairs. |
| Bolderaa | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship John Elder ( United Kingdom) and sank at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde, France with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dublin and Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Emilie | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at Klitmøller Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton, Sussex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Georgia | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Four of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada to Havana, Cuba. |
| James Renforth | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Marsden, County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. |
| Maggie Hammond | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Carrick. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Oswego | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore near Brodick, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Altenbruch. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 16 December. |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Port Logan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Red Bay, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Waterwitch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Ballycronane". She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to "Ballydonogom Bay". She was refloated and taken in to "Ballycronane" in a waterlogged condition. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelheid Bertha | Prussia | The ship ran aground at Pillau. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pillau. She was refloated and taken in to Pillau. |
| Andaman | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde at Paisley, Renfrewshire whilst trying to pass the wreck of Antilles ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India. |
| Antilles | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship Anglia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde at Paisley. Her crew survived. Antilles was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Cognac | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde a Paisley whilst trying to pass the wreck of Antilles ( United Kingdom). |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore west of Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Bridport, Dorset. |
| Ensign | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Little Cumbrae, Argyllshire and was severely damaged. All on board were rescued. She was being towed from Belfast, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire by the tug Renown ( United Kingdom). Temporary repairs were made with assistance from the crew of HMS Jackal ( Royal Navy) and she was towed in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire on 20 December for repairs. |
| Fairbanks | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Hatteras Inlet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to New York. |
| Hope On | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the brig Eugenie ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Eugenie. Hope on was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Lothair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore west of Blakeney. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ystad, Sweden to London. |
| Marshland | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Vormsi, Russia. She was abandoned by her crew on 20 December. Marshland was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was declared a total loss. |
| M. R. | France | The derelict brigantine was towed in to Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by the fishing smack Mary Ann ( United Kingdom). |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belhaven | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. |
| Blyth | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to London. |
| Fearless | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with Corona ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Emerald Isle ( United States). Fearless was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 20 December. |
| Nick Wall | United States | The steamboat ran aground and was wrecked in the Mississippi River 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Memphis, Tennessee with the loss of about 100 lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamboat Seminole ( United States). |
| Ocean Child | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked west of Ceará, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ceará to a Channel port. |
| Transfer | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Belle Morse ( United States). Transfer was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Ville de Malaga | Belgium | The steamship was driven ashore at Borssele, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a tug, which towed Agnes in to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Brisk | Canada | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Cymryan Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Ferdinand | Dantsic | The ship ran and sank aground between Borkum and Rottum, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Leer, Prussia. She was refloated. |
| Firm | Isle of Man | The trawl boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas with the loss of two of her three crew. |
| Golden Spring | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by Dagmar ( Norway). Golden Spring was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was towed in to South Shields on 28 December by the tug Reliance ( United Kingdom). |
| Johann Heinrich | Lübeck | The ship was wrecked off Travemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Lübeck. |
| John Fyfe | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Liverpool and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated in late December. |
| Pearl | Isle of Man | The smack was abandoned in Ramsey Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Douglas. Pearl was driven ashore and wrecked. |
| Peter Johns | Denmark | The barque was run into by the steamship Sappho ( Netherlands) and sank at Copenhagen. |
| Profit and Loss | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New Ross, County Wexford. She was refloated. |
| Sarah L. Hall | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff. |
| Virgen de Begona | Spain | The full-rigged ship was run down and sunk off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by the full-rigged ship Baynton ( United States). Virgen de Begona was on a voyage from Ponce, Puerto Rico to Hamburg. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander Murray | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk to repair a leak. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Withernsea Lifeboat. Ann was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Lowestoft. She broke up the next day. |
| Charity | United Kingdom | The brig was beached in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Chatham. |
| Harbottle Castle | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Girdleness, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen. |
| Isabella Davidson | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Aberdeen. Both crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire to Inverness. |
| Johan Cæsar | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on Fetlar, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the South Sea Islands. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and capsized at South Shields, County Durham. Her ten crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. Union was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was wrecked. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The schooners were scuttled by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair, Seine-Inférieure, France. Their crews were taken prisoner. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her eight crew took to a boat, but one of them died before they were rescued the next day by the fishing boat Saint Omar ( France). Active was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Alpha | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Grenaa, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Kiel, Prussia. |
| Bexhill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Shoreham-by-Sea. |
| Blossom | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen. |
| Emilia | Argentina | The lighter was wrecked in the Canaleta del Riachuelo. |
| Eva Maria | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. She was refloated and towed to London in a severely damaged condition. |
| Glenelg | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Maranhão, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Kate | Isle of Man | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Laxey to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Lake Michigan | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Clyde at Paisley, Renfrewshire. |
| Northumberland | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Norval | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sheep Island, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was wrecked at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Renovator | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Scotia | Norway | The brig was wrecked at Muchalls, Kincardineshire, United Kingdom to Grimstad with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Hull to Aberdeen. |
| Ulva | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Clyde at Paisley. |
| Ville d'Anvers | Belgium | The barque capsized and sank at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued. She was being towed from South Shields to North Shields, Northumberland. Ville d'Anvers was refloated on 28 December and beached. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the Tongue Sand and sank. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew survived. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived. |
| August | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore at Fjällbacka, Sweden with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from an English port to Stettin. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Paggus". She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Gloucester. |
| Jane Tindall | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The collier, a brig, was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived. |
| Jessamine | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The ship was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. |
| Margaret and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Mussel Scarp. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dover, Kent. |
| Mary and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Urr Water and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire. She was refloated and beached. |
| M'Laren | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The ship was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. |
| Peter | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off the Owers Lightship ( Trinity House) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Sally Gale | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived. |
| San Antonio | Italy | The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to an English port. She had become a wreck by 5 January 1871. |
| Sarepta | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Todhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of three of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Amble, Northumberland |
| Scotia | Norway | The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Aberdeen. |
| Seraph | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kinneff, Kincardineshire with the loss of four of her eight crew. |
| St. Joseph | Canada | The brigantine was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated. |
| Sylph | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The ship was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. |
| Tees | United Kingdom | The steamship sank in the River Tees at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aries | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Henford, Pennsylvania, United States with the loss of seven of her crew. She was refloated and taken in to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a wrecked condition. |
| Baltar | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Senhora da Areio Mathozinhas". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Oporto. |
| Clarendon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Turneffe Atoll, British Honduras. |
| Conception | France | The brig collided with the barque Carrie ( United States) and foundered off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Carrie. Conception was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Joseph Hume | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Fjällbacka, Sweden with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Kiel, Prussia. |
| Magdala | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Liverpool. She was refloated on 31 December and taken in to Saint John for repairs. |
| Trois Sœurs | France | The ship foundered off the Glénan Islands, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antonio | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Dunball, in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 8 January 1871 and resumed her voyage. |
| Arcana | France | The cutter was wrecked at Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to a port in Brittany. |
| Astrid | Sweden | The barque ran aground on the Leman Sands, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Clarendon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Soubie Reef, in the South China Sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Hong Kong. |
| Eaglescliffe No. 2 | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London. She was refloated and put into Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Eleanore | Bremen | The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Bremen. |
| Eliza Thornton | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall. She had been refloated by 29 December and found to be severely leaky. She was consequently condemned. |
| General Battle | Argentina | The steamship foundered off "Rat Island", Argentina. |
| Jeune Daniel | France | The lugger sprang a leak and foundered off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Saite ( France). Jeune Daniel was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée. |
| Leeming | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal with the loss of all but one of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar. |
| Magda | Norway | The brig was wrecked near "Laurkullen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Horten. |
| Newton | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth or Queenstown, County Cork. |
| T. S. Reeves | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballinagaol, County Waterford. She was on a voyage form the Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kinsale, County Cork. |
| Ulpiano | Spain | The barque was stranded on the Süderoogsand, offFöhr, Prussia 54°25′30″N 8°28′44″E﻿ / ﻿54.425°N 8.478889°E﻿ / 54.425; 8.478889 |
| Vectis | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered off Dale, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | Franco-Prussian War: The collier was seized by the Prussians and scuttled at Duclair, Seine-Inférieure, France. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Sparta | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde upstream of Dumbarton. She was on a voyage from the clyde to Calcutta, India. She was refloated in mid-January 1871 and towed in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore north of Mundesley, Norfolk. Her five crew were rescued by the Mundesley Lifeboat Grocers ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Hannibal | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Landeyjar", Iceland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Isabella | United States | The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bremen. |
| Maria | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Koster Scheere, off Strömstad before 25 December. Her crew were rescued. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Walcott, Norfolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the Ostend Lifeboat Huddersfield ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Minerva was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Minos | United Kingdom | The steamship lost her propeller and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Gipsy Queen ( United Kingdom). Minos was on a voyage from Burntisland Fife to Geestemünde, Prussia. |
| Stad Appingedam | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked in the West Indies. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Colón, United States of Colombia. |
| Three unnamed vessels | France | The ships were wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Their crews were rescued. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Ballycotton Bay. She was on a voyage from the Bristol Channel to Cork. |
| Assomption | France | The ship foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Pointe de Grave, Landes. Her crew were rescued. |
| Don Quichotte | Belgium | The brigantine collided with the schooner Billow ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her eight crew. Don Quichotte was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders. |
| Ella Maria | Prussia | The ship was lost in ice in the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Wilhelmshaven. |
| Jantina Catrina | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore by ice at "Hornmersiel", Prussia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jupiter | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near "Tvisten" with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Larvik. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The brigantine heeled over at Dundalk, County Louth. She filled when the tide rose. |
| Saucy Jack | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brae, Shetland Islands. |
| Warren | Canada | The ship was sighted off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agenoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. |
| Aline | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Naples, Italy. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to London. |
| Freihandel | Bremen | The ship was driven into the steamship Douan (Flag unknown) by ice and then ran aground on the Mellumplatte, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Douan. Freihandel was on a voyage from Burntisland to Bremen. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Eartholmen Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Mellumplatte. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lass o'Gowrie | United Kingdom | The ship stuck a sunken pile and sank at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Norden | Prussia | The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk by the steamship Kirstall ( United Kingdom and was beached at Pakefield, where she became a wreck. |
| Nordstern | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated and take in to Grimstad in a leaky condition. |
| Paul and Marie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn, Hamburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin. |
| Primrose | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her crew survived. |
| Rhare | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a severely leaky condition. |
| Trial | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Runswick Bay, Yorkshire. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) north of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. |
| Arabella | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Olympus ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off Cape Roca, Portugal with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Olympus. Arabella was on a voyage from "Laga Buoto" to Dublin. |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Guadalquivir. She was on a voyage from Pomaron to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated on 22 January 1871. |
| Hydra | Prussia | The ship sank at Geestemünde. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Geestemünde. |
| Rota | Norway | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Wanderer | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the Colorado Reef, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued by Manuelita ( Cuba. Wanderer was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline Goodyear | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Hamburg. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Buckie, Banffshire. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Lothian to Buckie. |
| Gloria Deo | Hamburg | The galliot sank in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen, United Kingdom to Altona. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore by ice at Store Heddinge, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She was consequently condemned. |
| Liberal | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Langeoog, Prussia. Three of the sixteen people on board were reported missing. The rest were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Hamburg. |
| Thusuelda | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on Langeoog. Three of the sixteen people on board were reported Missing. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Bremen. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, where she subsequently sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Poole, Dorset. |
| Wanderer | Rostock | Franco-Prussian War: The ship, which had been captured by a French navy warship and was under the charge of a prize crew, was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by Vityaz ( Imperial Russian Navy) with the loss of two lives. Wanderer had been on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rosario, Argentina. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship collided with the schooner Accra ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth Ann Bright | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to the Clyde. She was destroyed by fire on 5 January 1871. |
| Gio Battista O. | Italy | The ship struck the wreck of Antilles ( United Kingdom) in the Clyde and was holed at the bows. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Odessa, Russia. She put back to Glasgow. |
| Pilgrim | United Kingdom | The fishing smack collided with the steamship Despatch ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Despatch. |
| Sappho | | The brig was wrecked at Cape George, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. |
| Wolfe | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Cart. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to the Clyde. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bonnie Lass | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged by ice at Bonar Bridge, Sutherland. |
| De Soto | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to New York. |
| Lady McDonald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice at the mouth of the Geeste. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to Geestemünde. |
| Michele | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at "Rinopolis". She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Burghead in a leaky condition. |
| Patience | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Portland to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Rhodas | Guernsey | The schooner caught fire and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. |
| Sea Flower | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Lybster, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. |
| Waverley | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Hesselø, Denmark. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Westenhope | Cape Colony | The steamship was wrecked on Bird Island. She was on a voyage from Port Elizabeth to the Colony of Natal. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adda | Netherlands | The barque was lost near Castillos, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port. |
| Advance | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Juelsand after 16 December. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. Advance did not complete her voyage and was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all 21 crew. |
| Æolus | Bremen | The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Dorothy Thomson ( United Kingdom). Æolus was on a voyage from the Gulf of Mexico to Bremen. |
| Aglae | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of all hands after 12 December. She was on a voyage from Chiltepec, Mexico to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Aimable Jeune | France | The ship ran aground on the Shears. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated. |
| Alaric | United Kingdom | The ship driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada to Penarth, Glamorgan. She was later refloated. |
| Aldaminz | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. |
| Alice | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Matanzas, Cuba. She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition. |
| Alida | United Kingdom | The ship was lost neat Castillos, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port. |
| Alliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam. She was on a voyage from Surinam to the Clyde. She was refloated. |
| Alvaraod | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Ane Kirstine | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Anglo American | United States | The ship was lost at Cabo Corrientes, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Truxillo to New York. |
| Anna | United States | The ship was wrecked on Rum Cay, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Ann Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Anne Porter | United Kingdom | The ship struck the wreck of the steamship Lismore ( United Kingdom) and sank at Woosung, China. |
| Antje | Prussia | The ship sank at Kolberg. She was on a voyage from Emden to Leer. |
| Antonia | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. |
| Argos | Italy | The barque was wrecked on the Longsand. Her crew were rescued by Faith ( United Kingdom). Argos was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at North Rustico, Prince Edward Island. |
| Auguste Duvin | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Monte Video, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Monte Video. |
| Aurora | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark with the loss of five of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Swinemünde, Prussia. |
| Aygyptoe | Flag unknown | The ship collided with the steamship Blyth ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Danube. |
| Aztics | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Hong Kong and was beached in Kowloon Bay. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China. |
| Belmont | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Cymras Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. |
| Betty English | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Truxillo. |
| Black Boys | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London. She was refloated. |
| Blyth Knott | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea in a waterlogged condition. |
| Bolivar | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies. |
| Bombay Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Saint John's Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to the Bristol Channel. |
| Canopus | United Kingdom | The barque capsized with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. Survivors were rescued by a schooner. Canopus was towed in to Dantsic on 7 December in a waterlogged condition, with the two corpses on board. She was consequently condemned. |
| Carrie Puriton | United States | The ship ran aground in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Bath, Maine to Havana, Cuba. |
| Cassandra | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at St. Anthony's Lighthouse, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Catawba | United States | The ship was wrecked at Exuma, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Exuma to New York. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London. |
| Childers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. |
| Cincinnati | United States | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Genoa, Italy. |
| City of Dublin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Southwest Spit. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. |
| Clothilda | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Wells, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Portland, Maine. |
| Concordia | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Stockholm. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar. |
| Crasio | Austria-Hungary | The brig was driven ashore at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Marseille. |
| Darien | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at South West Point. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool. She was on a voyage from . |
| Daybreak | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Delta | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Falmouth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Deux Associes | France | The ship was driven ashore at La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Duncairn | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Rangafulla Channel. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ealing Grove | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør. |
| Emanuel | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Memel. |
| Eme | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Foochow, China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Ettina | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Nidden. She was on a voyage from "Lee" to Memel. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Truxillo. |
| European | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Traverse. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool. |
| Flower of Arun | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. |
| Francesca Madre R. | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Geertruda Jacoba | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Licata, Sicily, Italy before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Messina, Sicily. |
| Georgiana | United States | The ship ran aground at Mobile, Alabama. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Mobile. |
| George Roberts | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pampus. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Gloucester. She was refloated and taken in to Rotterdam. |
| Glory of the Seas | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to London. |
| Governor Morton | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Phoenix Island to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Gustav Wasa | Prussia | The ship ran aground on the Viucta Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Swinemünde. She was later refloated and taken in to Swinemünde. |
| Harriet Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. |
| Hector | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 14 December. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hartlepool. |
| Hendricka Pybes | Belgium | The ship sank near Riga. She was on a voyage from Riga to a Belgian port. |
| Heinrich Wupper | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Medem Sand. |
| Humberstone | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off the coast of Formosa. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foo Chow Foo, China. |
| Iona | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Monte Video |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Jacobus | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Amsterdam. |
| Jerome | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off "Chapes Virado". She was refloated. |
| Joanis | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in the Dardanelles. |
| John E. Chase | United States | The ship was holed by ice at New Castle, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| John Gustav Cordis | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Scharhörn, Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg. |
| John Todd | United States | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with loss of life. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Euxine ( United Kingdom). |
| Julia | United States | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Junfrau | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and abandoned near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg. |
| Kago Emile | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Barcelona. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. |
| Kalahome | Siam | The steamship ran aground in the Lycemon Pass. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was beached at Hong Kong before 28 December. |
| Kebroyd | India | The ship ran aground at the entrance to the Shatt al-Arab. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Bussorah, Persia. She was refloated and put in to Bombay, India. |
| Land o' Cakes | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Laurents | Russia | The ship was wrecked at Kertch. |
| Lorina | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks at "Cochinos", Spain. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to the Bay of Cádiz. |
| Louis Marie | France | The ship was driven ashore at Carmen, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Carmen to Marseille. |
| Manning | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Hat Key Reef. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Belize City, British Honduras. |
| Martha Bowker | United States | The ship ran aground at "Schuylkill". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Bremen. |
| Martinus Henriette | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground on Schulmansplaat. She was on a voyage from London to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at Dover, Kent and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. |
| Mary Fenwick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Low Hauxley, Northumberland. |
| Mary Maria | Canada | The ship was wrecked at Harrisburg, Nova Scotia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Mercedita | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Folly Island, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Mercia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Berdianski, Russia to Falmouth. She was refloated. |
| Milano | Italy | The brig was wrecked at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Venice. |
| Mill Driver | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. |
| Millicete | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was refloated. |
| Milos | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Cape Sestos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mina | Norway | The schooner was abandoned in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Dram to Papenburg, Prussia. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Licata. Her crew were rescued. |
| Morning Star | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Boston. She was subsequently discovered by a British government steamship. |
| Nestor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice downstream of Cuxhaven. |
| Neva | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at the entrance to the Caledonian Canal. She was on a voyage from Riga to Belfast. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast in a leaky condition by the steamship Flying Sylph ( United Kingdom. |
| Ocean Wave | Canada | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. She was taken in to Nassau, Bahamas in a derelict condition on 18 December. She was repaired and resumed her voyage, but subsequently foundered. |
| Ottawa | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Thomas Point. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was later refloated. |
| Ottille | Dantzic | The ship was driven ashore at Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Dantzic. |
| Pensee | France | The ship was driven ashore at Mardyk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Phare | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition . |
| Professor Matheson | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked on reefs off Cape São Rocque, Brazil before 8 December. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Rangoon, Burma. |
| Reburn Rose | | The ship was wrecked at Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Rossway | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Lagos, Africa. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool. |
| Royal Arthur | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at San Francisco. |
| Samson | Prussia | The ship was beached in the Elbe downstream of Twielenfleth. |
| San Francisco | United States | The ship was beached on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York to Bermuda. |
| Sarah Louisa | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havana to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Saxon | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock off Struys Point, Cape Colony and was damaged. She was placed under repair. |
| Seaton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Sharon | United States | The ship collided with another vessel and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from New York to Constantinople. |
| Silver Oar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga to London. |
| Souvenir | France | The ship was driven ashore at Sisal, Mexico. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Spark | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Canada to Penarth. |
| St. Louis | United States | The ship ran aground on the Memory Rock. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to an English port. |
| St. Philomene | France | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Calvados. She was on a voyage from the Mellacorée River to Caen, Calvados. |
| Stromness | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Lovells Island, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Suomets | Russia | The ship was wrecked at Kertch. |
| Syren | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Gratness Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Fair Isle. |
| Thisnelde | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on "Landwoog". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Bremen. |
| Trovatore | United States | The barque capsized off Cape Spartivento with the loss of six of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by an Italian brig. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Trieste. |
| Twinkling Star | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica before 9 December. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to New Orleans. She was consequently condemned. |
| Two Brodre | Denmark | The ship ran aground on the Hundelbakje and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brake, Prussia to Copenhagen. |
| Ukko | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was taken in to Rønne, Denmark in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Pori. |
| Ulpiano | Spain | The barque was wrecked on Süderoog, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Spain to Hamburg. |
| Valentia | Greece | The brig was wrecked at Scilla, Italy. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to Marseille. |
| Veteran | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Edgartown, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to New York. She was refloated. |
| Victor | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 21 December. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Skallo Reef. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Kiel, Prussia. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Clockhouse Point. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Poole, Dorset. |
| Virginia | United States | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to New York. |
| Watchful | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to London. |
| Wenogen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen. |