# List of shipwrecks in December 1875

The list of shipwrecks in December 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1875.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carthaginian | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque Biola ( Sweden) off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall and was abandoned. She was towed in to Wexford in a derelict condition by the steamship Briton ( United Kingdom). |
| Chosen | United Kingdom | The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Hannah | Norway | The schooner was wrecked on Anholt. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom to Aarhus, Denmark. |
| James Duncan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada to Charlestown, Cornwall. |
| Jane Butcher | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Lawton | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off North Berwick, Lothian with the loss of one of her three crew. |
| Sunnyside | United States | The steamboat was holed by ice and sank in the Hudson River at West Point, New York with the loss of eleven lives. |
| Sylvia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Cascumpec to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Utrecht | Netherlands | The ship caught fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. The fire was extinguished and she was taken in to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auk | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
| Catherine Hendry | United Kingdom | The schooner was sunk by ice in the Elbe downstream of Neumühlen, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Burntisland, Fife. |
| Florence Nightingale | United Kingdom | The tug was run into by Queen of the Mersey ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Jane T. Woodall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Balerma", Spain. |
| Karen Botele | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of all hands. |
| Marienburg | Germany | The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Memel to Rotterdam. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |
| Unnamed | United States | The steamboat was sunk by ice in the Hudson River with the loss of eleven lives. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to Cork. She was refloated. |
| Jacques Marie | France | The sloop was run into by the steamship Tiara ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel. Her crew survived. Jacques Marie was on a voyage from Granville, Manche and/or Saint Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Maggie | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the River Tyne for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Sir John Lawrence | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Sligo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford. |
| Palma | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kiel, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| River Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was driven at "North Coleroon". She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Porto Novo, Cape Verde Islands. |
| Ybarra No. 2 | Spain | The ship ran aground. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off The Mewstone, Devon by the brigantine Frederick ( United Kingdom with the loss of all four crew. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ant | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated on 7 December and beached near Egremont, Lancashire. |
| Havana | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat. |
| Marmora | Denmark | The barque ran aground in Gibraltar Bay. |
| Transit | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Langlade Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Trio | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire according to a message in a bottle that washed up near Wick, Caithness. |
| Verbena | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Berdyanski, Russia. She was refloated on 8 December and towed in to Berdyanski for repairs. |
| Vinterflid | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Gioia Tauro, Italy. Her crew were rescued. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Capella | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark with the loss of all hands. |
| Echo | Norway | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. All eleven people on board were rescued by the brig Vanquisher ( United Kingdom). Echo was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Christiania. She was driven ashore and wrecked north of Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom the next day. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the schooner Eureka ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Ems | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Richmond ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames. Ems was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 14 December and towed in to London. |
| Janet Izat | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Ystad, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 9 December and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs. |
| Lass o' Doon | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Annat Bank, off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew and local boatmen who had boarded the vessel in an attempt to refloat her - 35 people in total, were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose. |
| Peri | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Santander, Spain. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Santander. |
| Selma | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Thiessen". Her crew were rescued. |
| Tordenskjold | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at "Egenschage". She was refloated on 14 December and taken in to Hals, Denmark. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at "Siggen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dantzic, Germany. |
| Celerity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Orford Haven, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 14 December. |
| Damietta | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Grimstad, Norway. She was on a voyage from Ängelholm, Sweden to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Grimstad. |
| Deutschland | Germany | The wreck of Deutschland The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship was wrecked on Kentish Knock sandbank with the loss about 52 lives. A total of 173 survivors were rescued by the tug Liverpool ( United Kingdom), one made it to shore in a lifeboat. |
| Estafelle | Germany | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Falger | Norway | The brig was run into by the barque Lalla Rookh ( Canada) and sank in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom, with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lalla Rookh. Falger was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom, to Fredrikstad. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Beddingestrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Slite, Sweden to Poole, Dorset. |
| Mary C. Wilson | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Tralee, County Kerry. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Heaps, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew got aboard the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the smack Mary Ann ( United Kingdom). |
| Ocean Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The tug struck the wreck of the steamship Gladstone ( United Kingdom).off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Reliance was beached near Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Leith to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands with the loss of five of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Shoreham ( United Kingdom). Speculator was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy. |
| Therese | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was on avoyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rangoon, Burma. |
| Three Anns | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Mistley, Essex. |
| Virgin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Orford Haven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 13 December. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Cuba. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition. |
| X. L. | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skegness, Lincolnshire. |
| Echo | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at London. |
| Quail | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Poole, Dorset. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comeet | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Königsberg, Germany. |
| Daisy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Alexandroupoli, Greece. She was refloated on 16 December and towed in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Jernas | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run into by the steamship Blenheim ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Thames Estuary 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) south east of the Mouse Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued. |
| Martinus en Henriette | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground in the Veutjersgat. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Neni | Austria-Hungary | The brig was wrecked at Conil de la Frontera, Spain with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Trieste. |
| Queen of the West | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Tarifa, Spain. |
| Ruhtinas | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in St. Helen's Sound and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from the Bull River to a British port. |
| Theresa | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Shahpore ( India). Theresa was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rangoon, Burma. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Algeria | Spain | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "St. John's", Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to St. John's. |
| Arch-Druid | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Sulina, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Sulina. She was refloated and taken in to Sulina. |
| Blücher | Germany | The ship departed from Doboy, Georgia, United States for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew. |
| Severn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Sandhamn, Sweden. She was refloated but found to be leaky. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada and Etta | United Kingdom | The ship was run down by a steamship and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated. |
| Consul Platen | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to the River Thames. |
| Hartstene | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Torekov, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Reval, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Holly Bough | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Lyra or Sayn ( Germany) in the Dardanelles off "Nagara" and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Alexandroupoli, Greece. She was towed in to Constantinople for repairs. |
| Ida | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore at Torekov. She was on a voyage from Papenburg, Germany to Saint Petersburg. |
| Julien Marie | France | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Wexford, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Brest, Finistère. |
| Millicent | Netherlands | The ship struck King Phillip's Rock. She was on a voyage from Padstow, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She put back to Padstow. |
| Olga | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore at Torekov. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Rival | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Pioneer ( United Kingdom and sank in the River Laggan. Rival was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated on 15 December and taken in to Belfast. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship capsized at Walker on Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anniversary | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Hartstene | United States | The schooner ran aground off Torekov, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Reval, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Ida | Russia | The schooner ran aground off Torekov. She was on a voyage from Papenburg, Germany to Saint Petersburg. |
| Julien Marie | France | The ship struck a submerged object and was damaged. She put in to Brest, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Wexford, United Kingdom. |
| Lilie | Germany | The schooner collided with the ship Heinrich ( Germany) and sank off Morups Tånge, Sweden. Her crew survived. |
| Louise | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tafilhoek", on "Bute Island", Netherlands East Indies with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Olga | Russia | The ship ran aground off Torekov. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Sarnia | Guernsey | The schooner was run into by the steamship Minerva ( United Kingdom) and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) off "Cape Chaque", Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Minerva. Sarnia was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| Zephyr | France | The chasse-marée ran aground and sank on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ella | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| George E. Thatcher | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated. |
| Messina | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from San Francisco, California, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Rudolf Tornerjelm | Sweden | The steamship was damaged by ice at Stockholm and became waterlogged. |
| Surat | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Malta. She was refloated, and resumed her voyage the next day. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Taylor | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool, Lancashire and sank at the bow. She was on a voyage from Mostyn, Flintshire to Liverpool. |
| Marianthi | Cyprus | The ship was wrecked by ice at Taganrog, Russia. |
| Mosel, and Simsom | Germany | The steamship Mosul was severely damaged by an explosion of dynamite on the quayside at Bremerhaven that killed 80 people and injured 100. The accidental and premature explosion was part of an insurance fraud. One person was arrested. He later committed suicide. The tug Simson was also damaged by the explosion. |
| Pallas | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground near Ochakiv, Russia. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Succes | France | The ship was driven ashore at Dénia, Spain with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Sierra Leone. |
| Sydenham | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Porto Tolle, Italy. She was on a voyage from Malta to Venice, Kingdom of Italy. She was refloated on 28 December and taken in to Malamocco, Italy. |
| Waterhen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Eriskay, Outer Hebrides. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The barque sank at London. She was refloated and beached. |
| Gitana | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near the Vinga Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Isabella Haydn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Rocky Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shediac, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Junior | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Durserort". Her crew were rescued. |
| Lotto | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom, according to a message in a bottle that washed up near Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
| Schwan | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sellafield, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Workington, Cumberland. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Frying Pan Shoals. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Eintracht | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at Wittow, Rügen. She was on a voyage from St Davids, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Scandinavien ( Denmark), which towed her to Stettin. |
| Ellas | Greece | The ship was wrecked near Balchik, Russia. |
| Ellen F | Canada | The ship was driven ashore on Cay Verde, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Cárdenas, Cuba. |
| Golden Horn | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Wilberforce ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Hull. |
| Julia H. Dillingham | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Monte Rugginoso" with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gorée, Senegal to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Maria Josephina | Italy | The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom and Genoa. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Urania | Germany | The schooner foundered off Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Monte Video, Uruguay. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice Gray | United States | The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Rocheport, Missouri, after her boiler exploded. |
| Bergen | Netherlands | The steamship was driven ashore at Ter Heijde, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated. |
| Colina | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 18 December and resumed her voyage. |
| Plover | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the quayside and sank at Calais, France. She was refloated the next day. |
| Savernake | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the quayside at Sunderland, County Durham and was severely damaged at the bow. |
| Urania | Germany | The schooner was wrecked off Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Vaderland | United States | The steamship was driven ashore in the Oostgat. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antwerp. She was refloated on 18 December. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the River Tyne. |
| Eunomia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kalkgrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Nyborg, Denmark to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance. |
| German Emperor | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Siam | France | The barque was driven ashore at North Sunderland, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Sunderland, and an unnamed vessel | United Kingdom | The schooner Sunderland and the tug that was towing her were driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. |
| Tirreno | Italy | The ship was wrecked at "Chabla", Ottoman Empire. |
| Walter J. Cumming | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Exe. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque was run down by a steamship and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex, United Kingdom. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| SMS Arkona | Imperial German Navy | The corvette ran aground at Lønstrup, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Brisbane | South Australia | The ship ran aground on the Angelica Reef, in the Flores Sea. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated on 9 January 1876 and taken in to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Darien | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Sarn Badrig, in Cardigan Bay. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition. |
| Lady Octavia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gaa Bank, in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Sirene | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Svenstrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Thyra | Denmark | The ship ran aground on the Vilingbak. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolphina | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. |
| Aphrodite | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to London. |
| Glannibanta | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Granton and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Granton. She was refloated. |
| Warkworth Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Halmstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Gironde, and Louisiane | France | The steamship Louisiane was run into by the steamship Gironde and sank in the Gironde with the loss of sixteen of the 128 people on board. Sixty-four survivors were rescued by Gironde, and 45 by the steamship Iberia ( United Kingdom). Louisiane was on a voyage from the West Indies to Bordeaux, Gironde. Gironde was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Hilma | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore on Hiiumaa. |
| Imju | Russia | The brig ran aground at "Holmentunge", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Pillau, Germany. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Isla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Pará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Pará. |
| Louie | Italy | The ship was run down and sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar by the steamship Milton ( United Kingdom). Louie was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Genoa. |
| Mary Ann | Guernsey | The barque collided with the steamship Corinna ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Mary Ann was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| Reaper | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Spiddal, County Galway. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Galway. |
| Statesman | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Málaga, Spain. She was refloated. |
| St. Enoch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta, India. |
| S. W. Kelly | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Odessa, Russia. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dankbaarheid | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Vlaardingen, South Holland. |
| Exchange | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Georgina ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her three crew, who were rescued by Georgina. Exchange was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Hull, Yorkshire. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire the next day. |
| Island Belle | Guernsey | The brig was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall. Her seven crew were rescued by the Bude Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Maid of Anglesey | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Mermann | Germany | The schooner ran aground on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Lübeck. She was refloated. |
| Ouvrière | France | The ship was driven ashore at Audreselles. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Seaton | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Syne Jacobs | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Lagos Colony to Flensburg, Germany. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Mitchell | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Capella | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. |
| Gylfe | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Pensacola. |
| HMS Goliath | Royal Navy | The Vanguard-class ship of the line, in use as a pauper training ship for workhouse boys, was destroyed by fire at Grays, Essex. Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 of the boys were killed. |
| Grad Senj | Austria-Hungary | The barque ran aground in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Hawke | United Kingdom | The sloop struck the Plough Sea Rock, off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Eyemouth, Berwickshire. |
| Jane Black | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Marbella, Spain. Her crew survived. |
| Jenny | Russia | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pilton, Devon, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |
| Lucy | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| Mystery | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Brighton, Sussex. |
| Pincer | United Kingdom | The tug exploded and sank in the Grand Junction Canal at Yardley, near Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire with the loss of two lives. |
| Roxanna | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Polam (Flag unknown) and was beached in the River Tyne at South Shields. |
| Serpentine | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore near Lecce, Italy. She was a total loss. |
| Syno Jacobe | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent, United Kingdom. All eight people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Lagos Colony to Flensburg. |
| Trevithick | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Petten, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the Petten Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to the Nieuw Diep. |
| Tychitte | France | The barque collided with the barque Mixte ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Gironde downstream of Pauillac, Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the barque Frankly ( United Kingdom) and sank off Nash Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. Victoria was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolph | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore on Juist and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from an English port to Geestemünde. She floated off and came ashore on Borkum. |
| Mimer | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Pagensand, in the North Sea. |
| Prospect | United Kingdom | The sloop struck the Isingstone, on the coast of Northumberland and was beached at Bamburgh. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Largo, Fife. |
| Riga | Russia | The barque ran aground at Liepāja. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Liepāja. |
| Toveruus | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was run down and sunk in the Clyde at Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, United Kingdom by the steamship Clutha ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her twelve crew. Nine of the survivors were rescued by Clutha, the tenth was rescued from the wreck the next day by the steamship Largs ( United Kingdom). Toveruus was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Genoa, Italy. |
| Volentaire | France | The ship was wrecked at Pará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pará. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Gertrude | Germany | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Langeland, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Kiel. |
| Duke of Sutherland | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the wreck of Mary Ann ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |
| Dunmore | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cape Comorin | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Bombay, India. Subsequently foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands; wreckage washed up on the coast of County Wexford in early January 1876. |
| Mabel | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged by fire at Caldera, Chile. |
| Osaka-wan | Japan | The transport ship was run into by the steamship Nagoya Maru ( Japan) and sank in the Inland Sea of Japan off Uwajima with the loss of 24 of the 85 people on board. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady of the Lake | New Zealand | The 60-ton steamer struck a reef at the northern end of The Catlins, New Zealand, while en route from Dunedin to Port Molyneux, and became a total wreck. The crew abandoned ship in the longboat and made landfall near the mouth of the Catlins River. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at "Qualon", India. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kurrachee, India. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arichat West | Canada | The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in The Narrows. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Colombo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Flamencos and sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Panama City, United States of Colombia. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Coquimbo, Chile on fire. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. The fire was extinguished. |
| Fenelon | France | The steamship was driven ashore near "Vittoria", Brazil. |
| Harnak | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore and sank in Grappler Bay. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Hamburg. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Clarke | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Britain's Pride | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand. |
| Isis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crusader | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kavanagh's Point, County Cork. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Modeste et Marie Anne | France | The schooner struck the Wolf Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Mont Valerien | France | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Málaga, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bône, Algeria. |
| Quevedo | France | The steamship collided with the steamship Cald ( France) and sank at Phillippeville, Algeria. Quevedo was on a voyage from Phillippeville to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Rive Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Oste. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Urania | United States | The 80-ton schooner departed Kodiak, Department of Alaska, bound for San Francisco, California, with 13 people and a cargo of furs aboard and disappeared without trace. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belgiano | France | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Dante | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the barque Gronsvaer ( Norway) and sank off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall with the loss of 23 of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by Gronsvaer. Dante was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. |
| Emma | Germany | The barque departed from Bremen for the west coast of Africa. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Harraton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Kirk | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| Ouse | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated with the assistance of three smack and resumed her voyage. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Ness. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Inverness. |
| Ben Ledi, or Magdala | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Heraclita", Ottoman Empire. |
| Frank M. Fisher | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of St. Bees Head, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Workington, Cumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Workington. |
| Harvest Queen | United States | The ship collided with the steamship Adriatic ( United Kingdom) and sank in the St George's Channel with the loss of all hands. |
| Helen | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked west of Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. |
| Mecklenburgs Hauswirthe | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Hallands Väderö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mount Royal | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Barra, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Panaghia Kimzia | Greece | The ship was driven ashore at "Niriophito", Ottoman Empire. |
| Sarah Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cantick Head, Orkney Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Macduff, Aberdeenshire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1875 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abby M. Heath | United States | The fishing schooner was abandoned on the passage from the Banks. Crew saved. |
| Admiral Devaux | France | The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Sunda. She was on a voyage from Pazhou, China to London, United Kingdom. |
| Advance | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea north of Mazagan, Morocco. Her crew were rescued on 4 December by the schooner Tvava ( Denmark). |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Ann Richardson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Alexandroupoli, Kingdom of Greece. She was refloated and towed in to the Dardanelles. |
| Burgermeister Schwing | Germany | The ship was sunk by ice at "Palmerort". She was refloated on 2 January 1876 with assistance from the steamship Seguens ( Germany) and taken in to Stralsund. |
| Boal | Senegal | The coaster was wrecked at Saint-Louis. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The barque foundered at sea before 4 December. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ambriz ( United Kingdom). |
| Eliza Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea (55°03′N 1°00′E﻿ / ﻿55.050°N 1.000°E﻿ / 55.050; 1.000). Her crew were rescued by the barque Commodore ( United Kingdom). Eliza Jane was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to London. |
| Esperanza | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Fairy Queen | Victoria | The ship was wrecked in the Exmouth Gulf. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henrietta | Netherlands | The ship collided with another vessel and was abandoned before 16 December. Her crew were rescued by Bounty ( United Kingdom). Henrietta was on a voyage from "Monte Christo" to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Hermann | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Lübeck. |
| Hopewell | Newfoundland Colony | The ship was wrecked with the loss of seven of the eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Harbour Grace, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| BAP India | Portuguese Navy | The man-of-war was discovered in distress off Heraklion, Crete by the steamship Conrad ( Netherlands). She was towed for 400 nautical miles (740 km) to a safe port. |
| J. J. Bernard | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of San Domingo before 20 December. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to New York. |
| Kitty Coburn | Victoria | The ship was wrecked at Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia. |
| L. J Westaway | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. |
| Magic | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the North Sea off the Norfolk coast with the loss of all hands. |
| Merope | Greece | The ship was wrecked at Carloforte, Italy. |
| Nellie Cushing | United States | The schooner foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine Glendale ( United States). |
| Paciolince | Russia | The ship collided with the steamship Liguria ( Italy) and sank. Five of her ten crew got abouard Liguria, the others were reported missing. Paciolence was on a voyage from Marianople to Cette, Hérault, France. |
| Phoebe Jane | Newfoundland Colony | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of two lives. |
| Queen of the Lakes | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea before 12 December. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Denmark ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. |
| Queen of the Fleet | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. |
| Raymond | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Sparkenhoe | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 December. |
| Sumatra | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 7 December. Her 25 crew were rescued by the barque Minnie Gray ( United Kingdom). Sumatra was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Thomas Walt | United States | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Trofast | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Wreckage washed ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| Vidar | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Wreckage washed ashore at Lossiemouth, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Water Witch | Newfoundland Colony | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of eleven of the 24 people on board. |
| William Edgard | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Quilimane, Mozambique. |