# List of shipwrecks in December 1868

The list of shipwrecks in December 1868 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1868.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castigliona | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of County Wexford with the loss of five of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was refloated on 12 December and towed into Liverpool by the steamships Duncannon and Ross, and the tug William Wallace (all United Kingdom). |
| Cynthia | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Grietje | Netherlands | The fishing vessel was wrecked in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Criterion ( United Kingdom). |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beyham | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Waterford. She was refloated and assisted into Grimsby, Lincolnshire by a lifeboat. |
| Madelon | France | The ship was wrecked at Naples, Italy. |
| Maids | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated. |
| Marie | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Annie | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked on Souter Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to the Tyne. |
| Ethuriel | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with the barque Liverpool ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated and towed back to Belfast. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned on St. Peter's Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken into Old Man's Bay, where she was condemned. |
| Flora | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked on Souter Point. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. |
| Gefuil | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on the Middle Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Gävle to the Humber. |
| Harfruen | Flag unknown | The barque was towed into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. |
| Rival | United Kingdom | The ship struck the quayside at Ramsgate, Kent and became severely leaky. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Victoria | Denmark | The schooner collided with Berwick ( United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by Berwick. Victoria was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to the River Tyne. |
| William Gillies | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at "Carrendall", Argyllshire. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Campbeltown Lifeboat Lord Murray ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). William Gillies was on a voyage from London to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Unnamed | Denmark | The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Marsden, County Durham by the steamship Berwick ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Berwick. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrew Jackson | United Kingdom | The clipper was wrecked on a reef in the Gaspar Strait in the Netherlands East Indies. |
| Annie Kimball | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock in the Gaspar Strait and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She completed her voyage, but was consequently condemned. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The skiff capsized at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her three crew were rescued by a steamship. |
| Clara Novello | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Juventa | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on rocks north of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Francis Carvill ( United States). Martha was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Nancy Riley | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from an English port to Guadeloupe. |
| Orpheus | United States | The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Sir Ralph Abercrombie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Telegraph ( Cape Colony). Sir Ralph Abercrombie was on a voyage from London to Yokohama, Japan. |
| St. Pierre á Caens | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked on the Spital Scar Rocks, near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Poronal Bay, Prince Edward Island for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Jane | United Kingdom | The fishing sloop collided with the fishing boat Celine ( Belgium) and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Galloper Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by a Russian schooner. |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Bannow, County Wexford with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Waterford. |
| Castilian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harlech, Caernarfonshire and was wrecked with the loss of three of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat John Ashbury ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Castilian was on a voyage form Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| City of Boston | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed back to New York. |
| Earl | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked in the "Keroe Islands" was the loss of all but one of her seven or eight crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Waterford. |
| J. T. A. | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Langness Peninsula, Isle of Man. |
| Juventa | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and taken into St. George's, Bermuda. |
| Kate Mills | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saint Andrews, Fife. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Thorwaldsen | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in the Kingroad in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Vaillant | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. |
| Vision | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. Her five crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Vision was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Garston, Lancashire. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Bremen. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of steamships. |
| Caroline Beeson | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Eledona | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Vlissingen. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk off Gibraltar by the steamship Sidon. Her eight crew were rescued by Sidon. Express was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily, Italy to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Fawn | United Kingdom | The smack struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of two of her five crew. |
| Gamester | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Nordstjorn | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen. |
| North Britain | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Rock, Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England with the loss of seven of her nineteen crew. survivors were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). North Britain was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Richard Lewis | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The Penzance Lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of North Britain ( United Kingdom. Two of her crew were severely injured. |
| Stella | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Tyne | New Zealand | The schooner ran aground near the entrance to Wellington Harbour and became a total wreck. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing smack sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex with the loss of both crew. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a lugger and a steamship but found to be severely leaky and was taken in tow for London. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground and sank off Ellewoutsdijk. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annette | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Bootry | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Caroline Beeson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 December and put back to Antwerp. |
| Catharina | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Clio | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Cornelia Catharina | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Courrier | Saint Pierre | The ship was lost near St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. |
| Drie Gesusters | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Elizabeth | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Goor Nagtias | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Henry and Maria | United Kingdom | The fishing smack collided with the barque Jason ( Norway) and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Jason. |
| Isabella Thompson | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Clare, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Jenny Jenkins | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Lord Raglan and sank in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Lord Raglan. Jenny Jenkins was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Exeter, Devon. |
| Maalstroom | Netherlands | The ship was damaged in a gale at Amsterdam. |
| Minniehaha | United States | The ship ran aground on the Conch Reef, off the coast of Florida. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated but ran aground again. She was refloated and taken into Key West, Florida on 10 December for repairs. |
| Potosi | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Tome, Japan. She was on a voyage from Tome to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but sprang a severe leak and had to be beached. |
| Pride of the Ocean | United Kingdom | The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Sarah Ann | Newfoundland Colony | The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland, United States for Saint John's. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Appearance | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Sarpsborg, Norway. |
| Assistant | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore at Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Chanticleer | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on a reef north east of Pemba Island, Zanzibar. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Zanzibar. |
| Clarendon | New Zealand | The 157-ton brig was deliberately run ashore to the north of Hokitika in order to save the crew when she sprang a leak. |
| Congress | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Fleetwood. She was refloated and towed into Fleetwood. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run down and sunk in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the steamship Sidon ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from a port in Sutherland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Frances and Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Chichester, Sussex. |
| John P. Paint | United States | The barque departed from Boston, Massachusetts for Queenstown, County cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Malanta | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Rotterdam. |
| May Flower | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted into Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition. |
| Stirling Castle | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Kinghorn, Fife. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland. |
| Voorwarts | Netherlands | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Schullhoep, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Rotterdam. Voorwarts was refloated on 17 December. |
| Unnamed | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Bosphorus with the loss of all but one of her crew. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adam Wilhelm | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and towed into Harwich. |
| Heilingenhafen | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kiel. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| John Black | United Kingdom | The brigantine was scuttled at Soldier's Point, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 28 December and taken into Warrenpoint, Count Antrim. |
| Ilma | Sweden | The schooner ran aground on the Trindelen Rock and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Vectis | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Nyanza ( United Kingdom). Vectis was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. |
| Voltaic | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry. She was refloated on 12 December and taken into Londonderry. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atalanta | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but was consequently run onto the Outer Bank, off Happisburgh, Norfolk, where she was wrecked. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Happisburgh Lifeboat Huddersfield ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Atalanta was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Catherine and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey. |
| Cham | France | The chasse-marée was wrecked on the Longnose Rock, off Kingsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near "Feaghaig", 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry. |
| Deborah | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Woodbridge, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to Woodbridge. |
| Deerhound | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand, in the Thames Estuary. |
| Duxceline | France | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Elizabeth and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris. |
| Elizabeth Brown | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the paddle steamer Prince Alfred ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Workington, Cumberland. She had been refloated by 15 December and taken into Belfast for repairs. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, collided with the barque Fanny ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. Emerald was refloated on 13 January 1869 and towed into London. |
| Esther | Jersey | The ship was wrecked on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Par, Cornwall. |
| Fruiterer | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Lowestoft. |
| Fruit Girl | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand. |
| Grance | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Margate. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Grace Wright | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Macherioch, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Killala, County Mayo. |
| G. T. Ward | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at "Saalze". She was on a voyage from Lübeck to an English port. |
| Hannah Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Margate. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boulogne. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Dee. She was refloated and assisted into the River Dee by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. |
| Heviland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She was refloated the next day. |
| Ino, and Ranger | United Kingdom | The lugger Ranger ran into the schooner Ino and was abandoned by her eleven crew, who got on board Ino, which was subsequently abandoned. All sixteen people on board Ino were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat Swift ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Ino was on a voyage from South Shields to Taganrog, Russia. She drove ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked. Ranger was subsequently taken into Great Yarmouth by a lifeboat. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Hayle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken into St. Ives. |
| Lion | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Little Gem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris. |
| Magdala | Canada | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Boisdale. She was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia to Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky. |
| Margaret and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Warrenpoint, County Antrim with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newry, County Antrim. |
| New Parliament | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Par. |
| Reindeer | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by the steamship Electric ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Electric. Reindeer was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin. |
| Rose and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Stirling Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Vous Rocks, off the coast of Fife. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Tonderghe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portwilliam, Wigtownshire to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| William | Isle of Man | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Ross Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Douglas. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| William | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Pladda with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs. |
| Bacabec | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Echo ( United Kingdom). Bacabec was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Sligo. |
| Belt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Moville. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Bangor, County Down. She was refloated on 15 December with the assistance of a number of tugs. |
| City of Hamburg | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated the next day and taken into Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Campbeltown, Argyllshire with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Barnstaple, Devon. She was later refloated and taken into Appledore. |
| Glenharvee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Gossamer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Prawle Point, Devon with the loss of 31 of the 48 people on board. |
| Herald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. |
| Jane | Isle of Man | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Ramsey. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jane was on a voyage from Ramsey to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| Nereid | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Nethania | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk by a schooner off the North Foreland, Kent. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Caen, Calvados, France. |
| Prudence | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).> Prudence was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. |
| Rehoboth | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lymington, Hampshire. |
| Seaman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnsore, County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Wasdale | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk off Lamlash, Isle of Arran with the loss of all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Newport. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bangalore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was refloated on 14 December and put back to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Bartolotto | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at "Port Mandri", Greece. She was on a voyage from Bourgas, Ottoman Empire to a British port. She had been refloated by 31 December and taken into Piraeus. |
| Emily Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Equity | United Kingdom | The smack collided with Queen Victoria ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Queen Victoria. |
| Heilingenhafen | Prussia | The schooner was wrecked on "Hatheriff". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kiel. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Irish Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. |
| Liffey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portavogie, County Down with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Nethania | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by a schooner and sank at Broadstairs, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was holed in the River Usk and capsized. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. |
| Ruby | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Nefyn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Three Janes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Douglas. She was refloated and take into Douglas. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorset | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Port Talbot, Glamorgan for Highbridge, Somerset. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Eleanor and Grace | United Kingdom | The ship drove ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 17 December. |
| Lady Flora Hastings | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Trossach ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Tongue Sand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Nordstfjernan | Sweden | The barque ran aground off Häfringe Island and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Stockholm. |
| Pehr | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at St Mawes Castle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Norway to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. The Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Lifeboats Ipswich and Pasco (both Royal National Lifeboat Institution) were launched but found no sign of her. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Milne | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire and sank at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 4 January 1869 and taken into Perth. |
| Beaufeau | France | The brig was wrecked on the Batten Reef, in Plymouth Sound. Her crew were rescued. |
| Canada | Flag unknown | The barque sank off Bettystown, County Meath. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone. |
| Emily Burnyest | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Trefusis Point, Cornwall. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vigo, Spain. |
| Hound | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Marthe Helene | Norway | The ship was wrecked near Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Horten. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith. She was refloated and put into Copenhagen, Denmark in a severely leaky condition and was beached there. |
| Pher | Norway | The brig ran aground at St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Ramsey Bay. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. |
| Sarah Anne | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and sank at Laugharne, Carmarthenshire with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Vegesack | Bremen | The ship departed from Cardiff for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Veteran | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Troon to Belfast. |
| Unnamed | Denmark | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Advice | Canada | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°46′N 21°50′W﻿ / ﻿50.767°N 21.833°W﻿ / 50.767; -21.833). Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamship Denmark ( United Kingdom). Advice was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Architect | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued by Claribel ( United Kingdom). Architect was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to an English port. She came ashore at Hillswick, Shetland Islands on 3 February 1869. |
| Cavoda | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked near Drogheda, County Louth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sierra Leone. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Digby, Nova Scotia to the Clyde. |
| Fancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Silivri, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berdyansk, Russia to a British port. |
| Fides | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen. |
| Grace | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Broadstairs Lifeboat Bulmer White ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Grace was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated on 16 December and taken into Margate. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Cromarty. |
| Hooyland | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Royal Dane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Seraglio Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. She was refloated and subsequently resumed her voyage. |
| Royal Tar | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Rouen ( France). Royal Tar was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Tyne | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Marmara Island, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Enos, Ottoman Empire. |
| Wilhelmine | Flag unknown | The ship capsized in the Black Sea at the entrance to the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off the Copeland Islands, County Antrim with the loss of several of her crew. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | Canada | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Alma ( United Kingdom). Clyde was on a voyage from Verte Bay, Nova Scotia to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Elizabeth Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven onto the Naylor Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and taken into Margate. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Angle Bay. She was refloated on 30 December and taken into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire where she was condemned. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daisy | United Kingdom | The smack was run into by the steamship Don Pedro ( Spain) and sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was raised on 19 December and taken into Grimsby. |
| Forester | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lee Flat, in the Suriname River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Pernambuco, Brazil. |
| Lucien | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Myfor Bank. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. She was refloated and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition. |
| Millbank | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Penarth. |
| Pet | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks in East Tarbert Bay and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Preciosa | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked south of Egersund, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to an English port. |
| John Wesley | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Lough Swilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Galway. She was refloated on 22 December. |
| The Beal | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Horse Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Callioup (or Galicub), and Charkeich (or Sharkie) | Ottoman Empire | The steamships collided in the Black Sea at "Carabournon". Callioup sank with the loss of 50 of the 165 people on board. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople. Charkeich was consequently beached at Çeşme |
| Chevy Chase | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Dunsundie | United Kingdom | The ship strurck a sunken rock and was damaged. She was on a voyage from "Burraira" to Hull, Yorkshire. She put into Gibraltar in a leaky condition |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. |
| Henrietta Brewis | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°45′N 40°09′W﻿ / ﻿44.750°N 40.150°W﻿ / 44.750; -40.150). Her crew were rescued by the barque Sharston ( United Kingdom). Henrietta Brewis was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bahia, Brazil. |
| L'Auguste | France | The lugger was lost on this date. Her crew were rescued by Noera ( United Kingdom). |
| Livonia | Italy | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. |
| Lucien | United Kingdom | The brig was driven onto the Mylor Bank, in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. She was refloated and taken into Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Elgin, and Thames | United Kingdom | The steamship Earl of Elgin collided with the steamship Thames in the River Thames and was beached at Tilburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 21 December and taken into London. Thames sank at Northfleet, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to London. She was refloated. |
| Hannah and Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was refloated on 22 December and taken into Blakeney. |
| Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey. |
| Oernen | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Otto ( Denmark). Oernen was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Ebeltoft. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Zuidwal, in the Wadden Sea. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Charlestown, Cornwall. |
| Harkaway | United Kingdom | The ship departed from The Downs for the Canary Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Tyne. |
| Villafranca | France | The lugger was wrecked on Havre de Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the tug Toby ( Jersey). Villafranca was on a voyage from Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to a port in Mayenne, France. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Larne, County Antrim. She subsequently floated off and drove out to sea. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Blyth. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off Race's Shoal, in the North Sea and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Estrella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Roques Reefs. All on board survived on an uninhabited island 6 nautical miles (11 km) from the wreck. They were rescued on 27 December by Bolivar ( Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela). Estrella was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Curaçao. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Hamilton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Portmacksand", Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Barsalloch, Wigtownshire. She was refloated but drove ashore near Garliestown and was wrecked. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a sunken rock and foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House), in the North Sea. Her crew got on board the lightship. They were rescued on 23 December by the steamship Resolute ( United Kingdom). Helen was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen. |
| Kinloss | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the North Sea near Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland, with the loss of one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aberdeen. |
| Peter Fordeskjold | Denmark | The barque ran aground on the Hittarp Reef. She was on a voyage from an English port to Copenhagen. |
| Starry Banner | United States | The steamship was reported to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) west of Ireland (island) with the loss of 122 of the 164 people on board. Survivors were reported to have been rescued by a French barque and having been landed at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was reported to have been on a voyage from New York City to Alexandria, Egypt. However, the story was believed to be a hoax, with no vessel of that name listed in American Lloyd's Register and no accounts from survivors forthcoming from Boulogne. |
| Weardale | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active, and Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner Active collided with Brothers in the River Usk. Both vessels were beached. Brothers was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Jackal | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Cornish Diamond ( United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Kinghorn ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by Kinghorn and the Caister Lifeboat. Pioneer was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Sacra Famiglia | Italy | The ship was wrecked near Messina, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Southern Empire | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hermione ( United Kingdom) and the brig Johann Amelia ( Portugal). Southern Empire was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adele | Bremen | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Those on board took to four boats. One boat with nine people on board reached land, five people in another boat were rescued by Frederick ( United States). Those in the other two boats were reported missing. Adele was on a voyage from Bremen to a port in Aracan, Burma. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex. |
| Alderman | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the steamship Valetta ( United Kingdom) and sank off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Valetta. Alderman was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship struck a wreck in the Sunk Channel and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She put into Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Castle | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned off Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her nine crew were rescued by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat Evelyn Wood ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Castle was on a voyage from Kingstown, County Dublin to Aberystwyth. She came ashore and was wrecked. |
| Diamond and Fuchsia | United Kingdom | The collier Fuchsia, a brig, was run into by John and Mary ( United Kingdom) off Aldeburgh, Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew, who reached shore in their boat. Fuchsia was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She subsequently collided with the schooner Diamond ( United Kingdom, which was abandoned by her three crew; they got on board Fuchsia, which was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Those on board were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Pasco ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Diamond was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.< She was subsequently taken into Lowestoft, Suffolk in a derelict condition by the smacks Secret and Vesper (both United Kingdom). |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken into Lowestoft in a sinking condition. |
| Jeune Adolphe | France | The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Aberlady Bay. She sank the next day and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cockenzie, Lothian to Pont-Audemer, Eure, France. |
| Saucy Lass | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Merton ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Merton. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Hatteriff". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Nyborg, Denmark. |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put into Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leak condition. |
| Australian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 27 December and taken into Norfolk. |
| Chebucto | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in Annotto Bay, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cuthebert | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. All 40 people on board were rescued by the barque America ( United States). Cuthbert was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool. |
| Sophie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford. |
| Thomas Gillespie | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 17 nautical miles (31 km) south west of Cape Spartel, Morocco with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa and Naples, Italy. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ardwell | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Zierikzee, North Holland. |
| Cacique | French Navy | The convict hulk sank at Cayenne, French Guiana with the loss of several lives. |
| Florence Nightingale | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off the coast of Africa with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate to Sierra Leone. The nineteen survivors reached the "Isle des Los" in a raft, from whence they were rescued by the whaler S. A. Paine ( United States). |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the brig Topsy ( United Kingdom) and sank at Deal, Kent. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Thames ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Maldon, Essex. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Margate, Kent. |
| Malvina | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Falcon ( Bremen) and was beached on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was later refloated with the assistance of six smacks and was towed into London. |
| Maggie Lorimer | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dunkerque. |
| Marsden | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Mohawk | Canada | The brig ran aground at the entrance to the Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Cuba. She was refloated and taken into Ballyhenry, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and sank on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hope ( United Kingdom). Orient was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Portia | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Sarah Nicholson | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Eastern Passage. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the brig Triune ( United Kingdom). Sisters was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| Speculation | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smacks New Unity and Snowdrop ( United Kingdom). Speculation was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. |
| Springflower | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Standering, or Stanislaus | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her nine crew were rescued by the steamship Thames ( United Kingdom). |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet sand, floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued by the brig Nexo ( Denmark). Traveller was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| Victoire Eugène | France | The ship departed from Casablanca, Morocco for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| No. 9 | United Kingdom | The pilot boat was run down and severely damaged by the steamship RMS China ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two lives. Twelve people were rescued by China. No. 9 was taken into Liverpool. |
| Ballywalter Lifeboat | United Kingdom | The lifeboat capsized in the Belfast Lough with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |
| Bride's Maid | Jersey | The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Trouville, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Trouville. |
| Cabot, and Flying Cloud | United Kingdom | The barque Cabot was driven into the brig Flying Cloud at Plymouth, Devon. Both vessels were driven on to the Batten Reef and were wrecked. Cabot was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated the next day and taken into Sutton Harbour. Flying Cloud was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Leith, Lothian. Her ten crew were rescued by the Plymouth Lifeboat. |
| Captain Manby | France | The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of Only Son ( United Kingdom) at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais with the loss of two or five of her ten crew. |
| China | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by W. H. Jenkins ( United Kingdom). China was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Galway to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| Hitena | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Worthing Lifeboat Jane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hitena was subsequently taken into Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Miranda | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Iona ( United Kingdom). Miranda was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk to London. |
| Okeanos | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She floated off and sank. Her seven crew were rescued by the smack Four Brothers ( United Kingdom). |
| Only Son | United Kingdom | The collier, a schooner, was driven ashore at Boulogne. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Inverkeithing, Fife to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Queen of Britain | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. She was refloated and towed into London. |
| Shepherdess | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hamburg ( United Kingdom). |
| Triune | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All on board were rescued by Volunteer ( United Kingdom). Triune was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Violette | United Kingdom | The barque capsized in the River Mersey. All ten crew were rescued by the gig Kate, the tug Speedwell (both United Kingdom), and the Liverpool Lifeboat Liverpool No. 1 ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Violette was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was righted on 1 January 1869 and taken into Liverpool. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Meyer's Ledge, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Brake, Prussia. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The barque collided with a Dutch brig and caught fire off the east coast of Kent. She ran onto the Goodwin Sands and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The lighter struck rocks at Kilcreggan, Argyllshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish, Inverness-shire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arlington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nelson Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Bilbao | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and taken into Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. |
| Castle Eden | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated. |
| Catherina | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Fox ( United Kingdom). Catherina was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Dugueschin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Hedwig | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Geestendorf. |
| Home | United Kingdom | The brig was towed into A Coruña, Spain by the steamship Luxor ( United Kingdom), being in a sinking condition. |
| Horace | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Jesse | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was abandoned in the Thames Estuary off Faversham, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gravesend to Murston, Kent. |
| Leopard | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Westward Ho!, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Hope ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) with the loss of a crewman from the lifeboat. Leopard was on a voyage from Sombrero, Antigua to Gloucester. |
| Marie | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Glückstadt, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Flensburg, Prussia. |
| Moonbeam | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Geestendorf. |
| Morice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Terneuzen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Ocean Gem | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Kaloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Sunderland. She was refloated on 28 January 1869 and taken into Terneuzen, Zeeland. |
| Pace | Austria-Hungary | The barque was wrecked in Bideford Bay with the loss of four of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Bideford Lifeboat Hope ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Pace was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Venice. She was refloated on 19 May 1869 and beached. |
| Princess | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ainsdale, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carnatic | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Archimedes ( Italy). Carnatic was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Crossfell | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Albion ( Guernsey). Crossfell was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| George Bennett | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Mystery ( United Kingdom). |
| Josephine | United Kingdom | The ship struc the pier at Ramsgate, Kent. She was holed by her anchor and sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Maria Elizabeth | Dantzig | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Euboea, Greece with the loss of all hands. |
| Provident | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Wolves Rock and was abandoned by her crew. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed into Cardiff, Glamorgan in a severely leaky condition. |
| Syrian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Tarifa, Spain. She was refloated and put back to Gibraltar, but sprang a severe leak the next day. She was taken intow by HMS Crocodile ( Royal Navy). The tow was passed to HMS Warrior ( Royal Navy) on 31 December. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was refloated and taken into Great Yarmouth, where she sank. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brunette | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and put into Harwich, Essex. |
| Loire et Bretagne | France | The steamship collided with a fishing smack at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and was beached. |
| Venus | Hamburg | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Wyk auf Föhr, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Maria | Italy | The brig collided with the barque Biaggo Asserto ( Italy) off Gibraltar. She was taken in tow by the tugs Belge, Jackal and Lion (all United Kingdom) and beached at Gibraltar. Anna Maria was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Hamburg. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The barque was towed into Gibraltar in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Martinique. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1868 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aden | United Kingdom | The ship was reported missing, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Americana | United Kingdom | The ship was taken into Dingle Bay in a derelict condition. |
| Annetta | United Kingdom | The barque was lost near Swatow, China before 4 December. |
| Annetta | Norway | The barque foundered. Some of her crew were rescued. |
| Argo | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Visby, Sweden before 8 December. |
| Argos Nicholaos | Greece | The ship was wrecked at Media, Algeria before 24 December. |
| Bonne Amelie | France | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Cabo de Santa Maria, Portugal with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Charlotte Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dantzic. She was refloated and put into Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition. |
| Chiozza | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the Black Sea. |
| Cocomandel | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire near Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Swatow, China. |
| Cœur de Lion | France | The ship was wrecked at Bordeaux, Gironde before 29 December. |
| Constance | United Kingdom | The barque capsized at Taganrog, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Theban ( United Kingdom). |
| Dorritt | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to a Welsh port. |
| Emily McNear | United States | The ship was wrecked on Mackay's Shoals, in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Mobile, Alabama. |
| Ernst Reinhardt | Stettin | The ship was run down and sunk by Dionne ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Dionne. Ernst Reinhardt was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Finke Senior | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Thomas Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Frederica Wilhelm | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Chefoo, China. |
| Gleaner | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Gloria | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 December. She was subsequently towed into L'Orient, Morbihan, France. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Rose Blanche, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to La Poile, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Henriette | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 December. |
| Hill | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was lost at the entrance to the Bosphorus. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned 25 nautical miles (46 km) west northwest of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the steamship Memnon ( United Kingdom). Hope was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Martinique. She was towed into Gibraltar by Memnon. |
| Hound | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in the Belfast Lough off Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| James S. Ayer | United States | The fishing schooner was lost on the Grand Banks. Lost with all 12 hands. |
| Jane Ann Marsh | Canada | The schooner was wrecked in Lake Ontario. Her seven crew were rescued. |
| Josephine Nichols | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast. |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Lowestoft, Suffolk for Barking, Essex. Subsequently reported missing. |
| Lise Amelie | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off the coast of Uruguay with loss of life. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. |
| Mercur | Norway | The ship capsized at Taganrog. |
| Mile | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Gabarus, Nova Scotia, Canada before 26 December. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Burial Island, in the Belfast Lough. |
| Rebecca Laind | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a steamship and sank off Seville, Spain. |
| Reinhardt | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked in the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Sardis | United Kingdom | The steamship was run down and sunk off Cape Spartel, Algeria by the steamship Thetis ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Thetis. Sardis was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London. |
| St. Anna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked. It was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Carnsore Point, County Wexford with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Unione D | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom on or before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Trieste. |
| William Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Hardman Bay with the loss of all hands. |
| William Taylor | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Lândana, Portuguese Angola before 6 December. |