# List of shipwrecks in December 1843

The list of shipwrecks in December 1843 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1843.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blessing | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southwold. She was refloated on 4 December and taken into Southwold. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. Comet was refloated the next day and beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| George Gustaff | France | The ship foundered off São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Senegal to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Maria | Norway | The galeass was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Alliance | Belgium | The ship was wrecked off Marstrand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Memel, Prussia. |
| Bernadotte | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Allinge, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Malmö. |
| Maria Theresa | France | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated on 4 December. |
| Morning Star | British North America | The ship was wrecked near Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Saint John's, Newfoundland. |
| Severn | Russia | The steamship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Jura, Inner Hebrides. |
| Wilhelmina Sophia | Stettin | The ship struck a sunken rock off Rasvåg, Norway and was damaged She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Stettin. |
| Zeno | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ballyshannon. |
| Concordia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Messina, Sicily. She was refloated the next day and taken into Ramsgate, Kent for repairs. |
| Leda | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Peder and Wilhelm | Russia | The ship was in collision with Neptunus ( Denmark) and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Odense. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The paddle tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew survived. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ballyshannon, County Galway. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ballyshannon. |
| Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Jedder, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Bergen. |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was refloated. |
| Arthur and Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Milford, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. |
| Campechano | Spain | The ship was wrecked in the Straits of Bernardino. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Christina | Netherlands | The ship struck the Zoueland Bank in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Hamburg. She put back to Ghent. |
| Hilda Johanna | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put into Helsingør. |
| Ibex | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Port Talbot. |
| Marietta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Coultorsay". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Donegal. She was refloated on 13 December. |
| Nederlanden | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dordrecht, South Holland. |
| Visitor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hog Island, County Clare. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hawarden Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. She was refloated on 9 December and towed into Glasson Dock, Lancashire. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was refloated. |
| Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the North Sea off the north Norfolk coast. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adams | United States | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Islesboro, Maine. |
| Aurora | France | The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Frederikstad. |
| Carlton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberdeen. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Fowey, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Hamburg. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was beached in Roundston Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Marie | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary Ann | British North America | The ship was lost at Torbay, Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| New York | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Stromness. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Pilotin | France | The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the mouth of the Koringa River. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sarah Lovett | British North America | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the ultimate loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued on 22 December by Ann ( British North America). |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ewer Flora | Denmark | The ship ran aground north of the Fornæs Lighthouse and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Jupiter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Whitby, Yorkshire. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Czar Dussan | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Sterlsand. She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Hamburg. |
| Dundee | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Schwarzorth" with the loss of three of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Memel to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Ost. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Cuxhaven. |
| James Brook | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated. |
| Julia | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg. |
| Jeay | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore, capsized and sank at Stralsund. |
| Jupiter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Otterndorf, Kingdom of Hanover. She was refloated on 2 February 1844 and taken in to Cuxhaven. |
| Konig Adolph | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rostock. She was refloated on 20 December and taken in to Stralsund. |
| Marion | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tampico. |
| Tida Margaretha | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was wrecked on the Accumer Bank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dornum. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Breeze | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich with assistance from HMRC Desmond ( Board of Customs). |
| James | British North America | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and put back to North Shields. |
| Peace and Plenty | Isle of Man | The ship was driven onto rocks 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and damaged near Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Sunderland. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Astrea | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Star ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Calcutta | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Breckness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America and Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Crusader | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, British North America with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. |
| Emanuel | Kingdom of Hanover | The galiot was wrecked on the coast of Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St. David's", Scotland to Hamburg. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen. |
| Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated and beached at Penarth. |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sweden ( United Kingdom). Quebec was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. |
| Wulff | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Walvisch Staart Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arthur and Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Mulroy Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mulroy Bay to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Betsy | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Rusk Bank, in the Irish Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Camaund" to Tralee, County Cork. Betsy was subsequently towed into South Bay in a waterlogged condition. |
| Crispin | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock in the Sound of Mull and was beached. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Drei Gebruder | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore near Otterøya, Norway. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Cemaes, Anglesey. Her four crew were rescued by a lifeboat. |
| Experiment | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 2 ( United Kingdom). |
| Henry Brougham | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dunfanaghy. |
| Lark | British North America | The ship was wrecked in the Digby Gut. She was on a voyage from Shepody, New Brunswick to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Margaret Balfour | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the South Breaker, off Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marquis Wellington | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Holyhead. Her three crew were rescued. |
| Michael Wickham | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Holyhead. Her five crew were rescued by the lifeboat № 2 ( United Kingdom). |
| Onderneming | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore near Lecce, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Porto Re, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Inner Barber Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Bess | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the brig Arethusa ( United Kingdom) |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off the coast of New Caledonia with some loss of life. Fourteen crew survived, but twelve of them were subsequently murdered by the local inhabitants. The survivors were rescued by the Whaler Magnet ( United Kingdom). |
| Francina | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Kopersand. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Sapphire | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Restigouche, New Brunswick, British North America to Peterhead. She was refloated on 23 December and taken into Peterhead. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amethyst | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked near "Saltal", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, Sweden. Amethyst became a wreck on 23 December. |
| Antelope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the Coquet Lighthouse, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Pillau, Prussia, where she was wrecked the next day. Five of her crew were lost. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Königsberg, Prussia. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Otterswick, Orkney Islands. |
| Eleonore | Dantsic | The barque was driven ashore at Pasewalk, Prussia. She had become a wreck by 30 December. |
| Elsa Sophia | Norway | The ship was wrecked at "Kaningoon". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Stavanger. |
| Emanuel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked west of North Berwick, Lothian. |
| Four Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newhaven, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 17 December and taken into Leith, Lothian. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Otterswick. |
| Iacht | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the Huideadale Reef. Her crew were rescued. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Salt Scars, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Statire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Therapia, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 20 December. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Maria | Prussia | The ship was wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to "Weile". |
| Friedrich Wilhelm IV | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Kahlberg. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Königsberg. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the River Spey to North Shields, County Durham. Mary Anne was refloated on 18 December and towed in to North Shields. |
| Neptunus | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore on the Prittersgebocht, in the Baltic Sea off Swinemünde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Theodore | France | The ship ran aground on the Tot Bank, in the English Channel. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Exmouth | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore north of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Otto Ferdinand | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore near Marstrand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carraboo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Broersen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Chatham, Kent. She was refloated on 25 December and taken into Dantsic. |
| Johannes | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bremen. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Courier | France | The steamship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Calvados. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Honfleur. |
| Elisa Sophia | Norway | The ship was wrecked at "Karringoon", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Stavanger. |
| Salvadore | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The ship was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. Five of her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Naples. |
| Perou | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Felix ( France). Perou was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Pernambuco, Brazil. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matilde | Chile | The ship was lost south of the Chiloé Archipelago. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the River Plate. |
| Venelia | France | The ship was wrecked near Grand-Gosier, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas to Saint Domingo. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arab | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bideford. She was refloated on 4 January 1844 and taken in to Appledore, Devon. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the "Woolsenus". She was refloated and taken into Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered in the North Sea off East Wemyss, Fife. Her crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by Albion ( British North America in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Albion. Betsey was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was taken into Annalong, County Down on 24 December. |
| Duchess of Gloucester | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Gloucester. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Knock Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Portgordon to Aberdeen. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wexford with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and completed her voyage to Liverpool. |
| Betsy | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Albion ( United Kingdom and was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Dublin. |
| Dorothy | United Kingdom | The sloop was in collision with Jane ( United Kingdom and foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tees. Two crew were rescued. Dorothy was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Enchantress | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Valaparaíso, Chile for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Figaro | Bremen | The ship ran ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen. |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool. |
| Jules Theodore | France | The ship struck the Minquiers, off the Channel Islands and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She put into Jersey in a leaky condition. |
| Margaret and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and was consequently beached near South Shields, County Durham. She was repaired and resumed her voyage on 30 December. |
| Planter | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the River Don at Goole, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole to London. Planter was righted on 25 December. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Coquet Island, Northumberland and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Sunderland. She was later refloated and taken into Warkworth, Northumberland. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alpet | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballyteague Bay with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Nabob | United Kingdom | The barque ran ashore in Carnarvon Bay in fog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. Nabob was refloated on 6 February 1844. On 8 March she was taken to Holyhead, Anglesey, and later repaired. |
| Waterwitch | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to South Shields, County Durham. She was run into by another vessel, which both damaged and refloated her. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Boykett | United Kingdom | The brig capsized in the Clyde. She was later righted. |
| Pelorus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Ambon Island, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to China. |
| Salvadora or Salvatore | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The brig was wrecked on the Blackwater Bank, in Liverpool Bay, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Naples. |
| Swiftsure | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was refloated an put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Heneaga, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Cork. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Malta. She was refloated. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane Gifford | United Kingdom | The barque struck rocks off the Little Bassa and was damaged. She was abandoned on 27 December 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Tangalle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Madras to Covelong and Bombay, India. |
| Meg | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire and was scuttled. |
| Potter | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Pratas or Pirates Shoal, in the South China Sea. She was on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to Macao. |
| Sir James Gordon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape la Have, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Havre de Grâce for repairs. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amicitia | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked near Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Bedlington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. |
| George Gustave | France | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off São Jorge Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Louis, Senegal to Bordeaux, Gironde. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza and Esther | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Dublin. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1844 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Stockton on Tees, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| John and William | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated the next day. |
| Maria | Hamburg | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Ems. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Choice ( United Kingdom. Mary was on a voyage from North Shields, County Durham to Newton. |
| Rachel Kleist | Prussia | The steamship was beached near "Settersdorf" where she subsequently became a wreck. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balguerie | France | The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, off the coast of Uruguay, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Madras | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1843 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Margaretha | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt, Duchy of Holstein before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hamburg. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Canton | United Kingdom | The brig was lost on the coast on North America before 21 December. |
| Caroline Cecilie Paulina | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore near "Waarsaa". She was refloated on 19 December and taken in to Fredrikshavn. |
| Diana | Hamburg | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 4 December. Her crew were rescued by Enterprise ( United Kingdom). Diana was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
| Franklin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire before 31 December. |
| Haddington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan with the loss of all hands. |
| Helen | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands on or before 3 December. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Lunar | New Zealand | The brig was wrecked on the coast of Middle Island. Her crew survived. |
| Maria | Sweden | The ship foundered off the coast of Norway before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Marianna Paulina | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles before 13 December. She was refloated. |
| Montefiores | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire before 23 December. She had been refloated by 27 December. |
| Neerlands Frau | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Rochester Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Föhr, Duchy of Holstein. |
| Salamandre | France | The ship was driven ashore at Frontignan, Hérault before 15 December. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cette, Hérault. She was refloated and taken into Cette. |
| Sheridan Grange | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Fox ( United Kingdom) and HMRC Scout ( Board of Customs). |
| Tempest | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Denmark before 28 December. |
| The 17th of Mai | Norway | The schooner was wrecked off Sørnes before 19 December with the loss of all hands. |