# List of shipwrecks in December 1830

The list of shipwrecks in December 1830 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1830.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina | flag unknown | The ship ran aground on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Amsterdam, North Holland. Catharina was refloated the next day. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex. Her three crew survived. |
| Oriel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Ayrshire. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Chester, Cheshire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beinherdina | flag unknown | The ship was lost at the mouth of the River Tees. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Dartmouth, Devon for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Waterford. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kitty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kingstown, County Dublin and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship departed from North Shields, County Durham for London. She subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Bon Pere | France | The brig en route from Guadeloupe to Le Havre with sugar, was wrecked on Towan Beach while trying to weather Zone Point and reach Falmouth, Cornwall. The crew of ten survived. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Economy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletownshend, County Cork with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| General Jackson | United States | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Savannah, Georgia with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Augusta, Maine. |
| Good Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Giltar Point, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon. |
| Quixote | Jersey | The brig was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 9°13′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 9.217°W﻿ / 48.000; -9.217) with the loss of three of her nine crew. Four more died before 13 December, when the survivors were rescued by Ceres ( France). Quixote was on a voyage from Santa Lucia de Tirajana, Canary Islands, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| HMS Thetis | Royal Navy | The Leda-class frigate struck a rock off Cabo Frio, Brazil and foundered with the loss of 20 of her crew. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Harrypenlo Rocks, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Anglesey with the loss of all hands. |
| Adeline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Harrypenlo Rocks. She refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. |
| Bacchus | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Gull Rock, in Gerrans Bay, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Waterford. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Coverack, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Brothers and Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Catherine Margaretha | Denmark | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Portholland, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hamburg. |
| Charity | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Drakes Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to London. |
| Charlotta | Sweden | The ship struck the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She refloated at was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Lidstap Bay. She was on a voyage from Llanelli, Glamorgan to Bideford, Devon. |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance. She was later refloated. |
| Duke of Kent | United Kingdom | The ship foundered whilst on a voyage from London to Terceira, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Royal Charlotte ( United Kingdom). |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off North Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 13 December and taken in to Penzance. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Newlyn, Cornwall. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance. |
| Emulous | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Drakes Island. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Experiment | Norway | The brig was wrecked in Cawsand Bay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to Kristiansand. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda. |
| Fate | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to King's Lynn. |
| Gomer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Devil's Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to London. |
| Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Youghal, County Cork. |
| Hawk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. |
| Hawke | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Maenporth, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance. She was later refloated. |
| Henty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from London ro Barmouth, Caernarfonshire. |
| Herefordshire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Youghal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to London |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to London. |
| Kingfisher | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Penzance. |
| La Mayenne | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on The Towans, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Larch | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. |
| Le Bon Pére | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on The Towans. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Marie | France | The ketch was wrecked on the Pole Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Matilda and Susan | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Helford with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to St. Andero, Spain. |
| Mothers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Northfield | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. |
| Pictou | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Creden Bay, County Waterford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Liverpool. |
| Resolution | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Penzance. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to Leith, Lothian. |
| St. Nicholas | Russia | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Deadman's Point and St Anthony's Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Susan and Matilda | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mainporth with the loss of all hands. |
| Tobacconist | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Portholland. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Drogheda. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Exmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Barmouth, Caernarfonshire. |
| Victoria | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Sidmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| William Henry | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Irish coast. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sophie | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adeline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Edouard | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Toulon, Var. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda. |
| Grand Anacreon | France | The ship was wrecked near "Bordouan". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Rafael | Spain | The ship was wrecked on Castle Island, Bermuda |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Drogheda. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canada | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Dickens | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland, British North America to San Sebastián, Spain. |
| Hawk | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Leeds, Yorkshire. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gaspee | Jersey | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Duke of Marlborough ( United Kingdom). The wreck was scuttled the next day by Commerce ( United Kingdom). Gaspee was on a voyage from Jersey to a Mediterranean port. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Gibraltar. |
| Micmac | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at the mouth of the Weser. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Bremen. |
| Polyhymania | flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near Trieste. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Betsey and Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Seaton Carew, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland |
| Cupid | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea between Robin Hoods Bay and Whitby. |
| Fowler | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Whitby. |
| Gagar | Imperial Russian Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yevpatoria to Sevastopol. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of all hands. |
| Harrington | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the West Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. |
| John Kerr | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Joseph and Ann ( United Kingdom in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex and sank. Her crew were rescued by Joseph and Ann. John Kerr was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Marchioness of Huntly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Seaton Carew with the loss of seven lives of her nine crew. |
| Napoleon | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. |
| Newcastle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of all hands. |
| Northfield | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Whitby. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peggie | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire with the loss of all four crew. She was on a voyage from Pittenweem, Fife to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark with the loss of all hands. |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Sophia | France | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She subsequently came ashore at Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. Sophia was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. |
| Tenderton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Boddington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Calcutta, India. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off Westport, County Mayo and was abandoned. She later floated off, presumed subsequently foundered. Fame was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Galway. She came ashore on Hare Island, County Mayo on 17 December and was wrecked. |
| Fortitude | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Sandhale, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The fishing yawl was driven ashore and wrecked at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Prestonpans, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Johannes | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Juliana | United Kingdom | The ship was driven on to the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off Wexford and sank. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nicolay | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wasa to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Tenterden | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. Tenterden was refloated the next day. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ulrick | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore between Thisted and Ringkøbing, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Stettin. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann and Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Humber downstream of Howden, Yorkshire and sank. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Drigg, Cumberland. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lerwick | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Haiti. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Jamaica. |
| Tasmania | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Odessa. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Prussia to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Coleraine, County Antrim. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Demerara. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Leasowe, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States. Brothers had been refloated by 24 December. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Woodspring Point, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Dasher | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Irish Sea off Portpatrick, Wigtownshire with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Donaghadee, County Down to Portpatrick. |
| Union | | The ship was lost in the Elbe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands to Hamburg. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Truro, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire to London. |
| Alexander and William | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the North Gaw Sandbank, in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees with the loss of all hands. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Swinemünde Prussia. She was on a voyage from "Laguira" to Swinemünde. |
| Catharine | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Henrietta ( United Kingdom). |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by another vessel and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Lindisfarne, Northumberland and wrecked with the loss of four of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Campbeltown, Argyllshire to "Mollray". |
| Johanna | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, County Cork to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at "Goree". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Liverpool. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Inclination | | The ship was wrecked off Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen. |
| Wayland | United States | The ship was abandoned off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bartley | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Londonderry. Her crew were rescued. |
| Deborah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff. |
| Leighton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Gloucester. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Dimlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nicholina and Christian | Norway | The ship was wrecked on Oyster Island, County Sligo, United Kingdom. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Dunkerque, Nord, France with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Bremen. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Londonderry. |
| Hanna | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Østerisør to Morlaix, Finistère, France. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off Abergele, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antigone | Belgium | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of 25 lives. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Antwerp. |
| Gilbert | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Arno. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk with the loss of three, her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| Neptune | France | The ship was wrecked near Adra, Spain. |
| Theodosia Matilda | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Oporto, Portugal. |
| Twee Gesusters | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 16 nautical miles (30 km) east of Ostend. Her crew were rescued. |
| William Rugg | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Valona. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Down. |
| Emanuel | Rostock | The ship was wrecked on the Niding Reef. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Rostock. |
| Johanna Dorothea | Greifswald | The ship was wrecked near Varberg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom to Greifswald. |
| Perfect | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Biddy Islands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Charleston, South Carolina. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daniel | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Oporto, Portugal for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Cayola | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore crewless at Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée, France. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Lisbon. |
| Emulation | British North America | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lisbon. |
| Guildford | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Singapore for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. She was subsequently wrecked in late April or early May 1831 off the southern tip of India with the loss of all on board. |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lisbon. |
| William & Jane | United Kingdom | The ship struck an underwater obstruction at Bridlington, Yorkshire and was consequently beached. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ubes, Portugal. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Zante, Greece. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent and severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Berbice, British Guiana. |
| Alexander | Hamburg | The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew. One rescuer was also drowned. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba. |
| Orbit | United States | The ship was lost on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1830 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrew Jackson | United States | The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Savannah, Georgia with the loss of one of her six crew. survivors were rescued by the steamboats Charleston and Washington (both United States). Andrew Jackson was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Augusta, Georgia. |
| Baroness Keith | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by St. Jacque ( France) She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Spain to London. |
| Catharina | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Götaland, Sweden before 4 December. |
| Countess of Harcourt | United Kingdom | The transport ship was wrecked on Corfu. |
| Dædalus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Peteudiac" in early December. |
| Emelia | France | The ship was wrecked near Quimper, Finistère. |
| Fame | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Westport Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Galway. |
| Gustav Adolf | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Intel". |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Saint-Domingue. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port au Prince, Haiti. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Filey, Yorkshire. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on Coquet Island with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Joanna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked ast Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, County Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Koophandel | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. |
| Leeuw | flag unknown | The ship was lost off "Conquest" before 9 December. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Opossum | New South Wales | The cutter was wrecked on the east coast of Swan Island. |
| Royal Edward | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Her crew were rescued by Nelson ( United Kingdom). |
| Twee Gebroeders | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ostend. |