# List of shipwrecks in January 1879

The list of shipwrecks in January 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1879.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dunmore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven from her moorings in the Clyde by ice and ran aground at Whiteinch, Renfrewshire. She was refloated. |
| Jeltina | Netherlands | The schooner foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Minotaur ( United Kingdom). Jeltina was on a voyage from Hamburg to Yeddo, Japan. |
| James H. Myrick | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°24′N 24°14′W﻿ / ﻿48.400°N 24.233°W﻿ / 48.400; -24.233). Her crew were rescued by the steamship City of London ( United Kingdom). J. H. Merryck was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Mariotus | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven from her mooring by ice in the Clyde and was scuttled. |
| Tender | United Kingdom | The lighter was run into by the steamship Tay ( United Kingdom) and sank at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anastasi | Greece | The ship was wrecked at Sinopoli, Italy. |
| Cowan | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition, but was consequently beached at Southwold, Suffolk. |
| Dagmar | Denmark | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nyborg. She was refloated and taken in to Marstrand, Sweden in a leaky condition. |
| Eleanor Grace | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Ellen Wignall | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Charleston, South Carolina, United States for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew. |
| Laurestine | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Kopparstenarna, in the Baltic Sea. Her 23 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Menfi | Greece | The brig was wrecked at "Bezika". Her crew were rescued. |
| Monica | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Leverson in the River Thames and was beached. |
| Nina | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with the steamship Santander ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Santander. Nina was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to a Scottish port. She came ashore at Langley, Sussex. |
| Pater | Netherlands | The galiot struck a wreck in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her four crew reached Aberdeen, United Kingdom in a boat. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Burghead, Moray, United Kingdom. |
| HMS Thunderer | Royal Navy | The Devastation-class ironclad suffered an explosion in one of her guns that killed eleven of her crew and injured 35 others. |
| Unnamed | Spain | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked west of the Pointe de La Coubre, Gironde, France with the loss of all hands. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatross | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 22 crew. |
| Bosnia | Germany | The steamship struck a rock and sank off Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Hamburg. |
| Marie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bloue Head Bay, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Marinus | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Madeira. She was abandoned on 5 January as a total loss. Her crew were rescued by the smack Aqueline ( United Kingdom). |
| Nederland | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground on the Cherry Island Flats. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated on 6 January and resumed her voyage. |
| Pansy | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship Royal Minstrel ( United Kingdom). Pansy was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Utility | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Prawle Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caldbec | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Chittagong to Cochin, India. She was refloated. |
| Fäderneslandet | Norway | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Caledonia ( Norway). She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan for the Rio Grande do Sul. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Marie | Germany | The schooner collided with the barque Tommasco ( Italy) in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and was abandoned. Her five crew were rescued by Tommasco. Marie was on a voyage from Stettin to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Newhaven, Sussex by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the steamship Bordeaux ( France) but broke up on arrival. |
| Olga | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Constantin ( France) at Oporto, Portugal and was beached 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Oporto. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto. She broke in two the next day. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vindicator | United States | The steamship ran aground 300 yards (270 m) off shore on Long Island at Long Island Beach, one mile (1.6 km) west of Smith's Point. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was on a voyage from Fall River, Massachusetts to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Unnamed | Aden Colony | The dhow was wrecked on Mushejjerah, in the Hanish Islands, Yemen Vilayet. with the loss of seventeen of the 31 people on board. Thirteen of the survivors were rescued by the steamship Wilton ( United Kingdom). The dhow was on a voyage from Aden to Hodeidah, Yemen Vilayet. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert Edward | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore between Portsmouth and Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day. |
| A. Seaman | | The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Harold ( Denmark). |
| Illinois | United States | The steamship ran aground on the Dunbaker Shoals. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Margaretta | Germany | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua. Her crew were rescued. |
| Profit and Loss | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Aberdeen. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolph Tidemann | Germany | The ship was driven ashore east of Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Ancona | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the Fort Rocks, off Marblehead, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Annapolis, Maryland to New York. |
| Charles Marie | France | The ship was driven ashore near Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. Her crew were rescued. |
| F. T. Barry | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Villareal, Spain. She was refloated. |
| Gerhardine | Germany | The brigantine was abandoned by her crew approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. She was towed into St Mary's by Gladiator. The crew were landed at Le Havre on 16 January. |
| Leopold Marie | France | The ship ran aground in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated. |
| Maria | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at "Hassan". She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Maria Wilhelmina | Germany | The ship ran aground in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Collingwood | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Effort | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at the entrance to Poole Harbour, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the Swanage Lifeboat Charlotte Mary ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| John Straker | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Dulas Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Amlwch, Anglesey in a severely damaged condition. |
| Marchioness of Londonderry | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into in the Firth of Forth by a steam launch belonging to HMS Dryad ( Royal Navy) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire to Trouville-sur-Mer. Seine-Inférieure, France. She was repaired and resumed her voyage a month later. |
| Nuelvo Malgenio | Spain | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Puerto Rico. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Queen of Devon | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore by ice at Tønning, Germany. She was refloated on 9 January. |
| Queen of the North | United Kingdom | The barque departed from Tuticorin, India for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew. |
| Speedy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset. |
| Wittow | Germany | The schooner was wrecked on the Mull of Oa, Islay, United Kingdom with the loss of three of the seven people on board. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | Norway | The barque ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau, Germany. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg Germany. |
| E. H. Duval | United States | The ship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isabelita ( Spain). Enterprise was on a voyage from St. Mary's to Monte Video. |
| Marie Louise | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked at Dymchurch, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. |
| Riverside | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Isabella ( Spain). Riverside was on a voyage from St. Marys, Georgia, United States to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Sarah Ann | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat Wolverhampton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Sarah Ann was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Montevideo. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Swansea. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Cloughy Bay. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey while bound for Bangor, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on Puffin Island while bound for Bangor. Both crew were reported to have drowned. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aretusa | Austria-Hungary | The steamship ran aground on a reef 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Busreh, Persia to Jeddah. She was subsequently abandoned by her crew. |
| Le Mignon | France | The dandy was driven ashore on the Little Bezeath ridge of rocks at Marazion beach, Mount's Bay, Cornwall in a south-east gale. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme. |
| Messina | Italy | The ship was driven ashore in Beşik Bay. |
| Urbino | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks at Cádiz, Spain and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cádiz. |
| Warkworth | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Harlingen. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The Workington brig was driven on to rocks at Cloughey Bay, County Down. The fate of the crew is unknown. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatross | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, reported missing. |
| C. W. Cochran | United States | The barque was destroyed by fire and sank at Galveston, Texas. |
| Day Star | United Kingdom | The barque dragged anchor and grounded lightly on mud on 9 January when sheltering off Crookhaven, County Cork, and was re-anchored. The following day she again broke anchorage, in a hurricane, and was driven onto a rocky shore. She was refloated on 8 February and repaired. |
| Geneva | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off "Small Accra". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Cape Coast Castle to Little Popo, Africa. |
| L. Dev. Chipman | Canada | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of the thirteen people on board. Seven survivors were rescued by the barque Huron ( United Kingdom) and the eighth was rescued by the full-rigged ship Wauleneh ( Canada). L. Dev. Chipman was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°53′N 11°08′W﻿ / ﻿45.883°N 11.133°W﻿ / 45.883; -11.133). Her crew were rescued by Queen ( United Kingdom). Mayflower was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Semper Fidelis | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship West ( United Kingdom). Semper Fidelis was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albatross | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Day Star | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Crookhaven, County Cork with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Wicklow Head, County Wicklow and sank. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Truro, Cornwall. |
| Hellespont | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay during a gale with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Macedonia ( United Kingdom) and landed at Gibraltar. Hellespont was on a voyage from Cardiff and/or Swansea, Glamorgan to Port Said, Egypt. |
| Linguist | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of fifteen of her 29 crew. Survivors took to a lifeboat. They were rescued the next day by the barque Equateur ( France). Linguist was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rangoon, Burma. |
| Loch Sunart | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Skullmartin Rock, off the coast of County Down. Her passengers were taken off by the Ballywalter Lifeboat, which rescued twenty, and by other vessels. Her 35 crew were taken off by the Ballywalter Lifeboat on 13 January. Loch Sunart was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria. She broke up on 12 February. |
| Mount Pleasant | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Victoria Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Unnamed | Germany | The lighter collided with another lighter and was beached at Bremerhaven. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| General Caulfield | United Kingdom | In heavy seas, the barque became a total wreck after running onto a sandbank in Courtmacsherry Bay, County Cork. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Gunhilda | Canada | The barque was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Huguenot | United States | The ship ran aground in St Mawes Creek. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom where she collided with the brigantine Cassandra ( United Kingdom). |
| Luigi Olivari | Italy | The barque was wrecked between Nethertown and St Bees, Cumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of fourteen of her 22 crew and her pilot. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Silloth, Cumberland. |
| Monitor | Norway | The brig was driven ashore on Green Island. She was refloated on 31 January but was consequently condemned. |
| Norman | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Penmarc'h Point, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Thistle | United Kingdom | The yawl was sunk by ice in the River Test at Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steam launch was sunk by ice in the River Test at Southampton. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Africa | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania with the loss of eight lives. |
| Alexander Yates | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Crosshaven Bank, off the coast of County Cork. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Cleopas | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her ten crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She floated off but consequently sank. |
| Cyclop | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Brokdorf, Germany. |
| Dunloe | Guernsey | The schooner ran aground on The Manacles, Cornwall and was abandoned. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She subsequently sank. |
| Equateur | France | The barque ran aground on Sarn Badrig. All 29 people on board took to the lifeboat and landed at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Equateur was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Guaymas, Mexico and Liverpool. She subsequently sank. |
| Faith | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Hannah | Denmark | The schooner ran aground at Findhorn, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Germany to Londonderry, United Kingdom. Hannah was refloated on 16 January. |
| Harlequin | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Tripoli. Her crew were rescued. |
| Isolina | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned off the Fastnet Rock. Her crew were rescued by Isaac Webb ( United States). Isolina was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Liverpool. |
| Lancashire Witch | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Yrurac Bat ( Spain) and sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all but her captain. He was rescued by Yrurac Bat. Lancashire Witch was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Leopoldine Bauer | Trieste | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Bude, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ravenshoe ( United Kingdom). Leopoldine Bauer was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff. |
| Lon Anitole | United States | The brigantine was abandoned off the Aran Islands, County Galway, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Limerick, United Kingdom. |
| Otway | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Pocahontas | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Tripoli. Her crew were rescued. |
| Reindeer | Guernsey | The dandy was driven ashore and wrecked at "L'Etacy", in St. Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of all seven people on board. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. |
| Ringleader, and James Wolsey | United States United Kingdom | Ringleader collided with R. R. Thomas ( United States and James Wolsey at Queenstown, County Cork. Ringleader and James Wolsey were both severely damaged. |
| Schiehallion | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight with the loss of one of the 29 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Auckland, New Zealand to London. |
| Tana | Norway | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Pierre Splates". She was on a voyage from London to Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France and/or Bône, Algseia. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône in a leaky condition. |
| True | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at "Portobello", 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Newhaven, Sussex. Her six crew were rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). True was on a voyage from Swansea to Newhaven. She broke up the next day. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The schooner was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Unnamed | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew were rescued by Caledonia ( United Kingdom). Alert was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Digby, Nova Scotia. |
| Allisson | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Trouville-sur-Mer, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Gerhardina | Germany | The derelict barque was towed in to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran ashore on Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. |
| Maria Julia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |
| Queen | Jersey | The cutter was wrecked at the Cap de la Hague, Manche, France. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Southampton, Hampshire. She was towed in to Brixham, Devon in a capsized and waterlogged condition by the smack I.C.U. ( United Kingdom) on 14 February. |
| Rachel Harrison | United Kingdom | The ship ran ashore south of Clogher Head, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Warrenpoint to Newry. |
| Sarpin | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Sudan | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
| Trocadero | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| William Dawson | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Spijker Plaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig ran aground on the Princess Shoal, in the Solent, and sank. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore "on the Kinachagen", off the coast of Denmark. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Batavia | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Dart | Newfoundland Colony | The ship departed from Saint John's for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Ranavola | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Doombar. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Hawker's Covy. |
| Serapis | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Success | Norway | The barque was beached at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. Her ten crew reached shore in their boat. Success was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United states to Hamburg, Germany. She broke in two, a total loss. |
| Wesley and Seymour | Canada | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°10′N 15°25′W﻿ / ﻿49.167°N 15.417°W﻿ / 49.167; -15.417). Her crew were rescued by James R. Boyd ( United States). Wesley and Seymour was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Zanzibar | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 30 crew. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. A message in a bottle washed up near the mouth of the River Shannon in July 1880 giving news of the ship's fate. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe upstream of Cuxhaven, Germany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance on 19 January and completed her voyage. |
| Admiral Swanson | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in Hoy Sound. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Salcombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Salcombe. |
| Azora | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Pelekas, Corfu, Greece. Her crew were rescued. |
| USS Constitution | United States Navy | The frigate went aground at Bolland Point, Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Commodore, Lightning, Lothair, Royal Albert, Telegraph (all United Kingdom) and Malta ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. USS Constitution was repaired and returned to service. |
| Cuba | Canada | The schooner ran aground 3⁄4 nautical mile (1.4 km) from the Life Saving Station no. 20, 4th district on the New Jersey coast, she became a total wreck. Her crew of six were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Fanny P. | Austria-Hungary | The brig was driven ashore at Rota, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. |
| H. A. Brightman | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London and Alexandria, Egypt. She floated off the next day and sank. Her 22 crew survived; seven reached shore in a boat, the rest were rescued by the steamship Glencairn ( United Kingdom). |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a rock in Loch Lexwood, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Dundee, Forfarshire. She floated off but consequently sank. All seven people on board survived. |
| Italia | Italy | The barque ran aground in a blinding snowstorm at Deal's Beach, New Jersey, United States. She became a total wreck. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| Itchen | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Barber Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the River Tyne. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Leontine | Norway | The barque was wrecked at Thyborøn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Tønsberg. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| S. A. Sadler | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was refloated. |
| Tern | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Rotterdam. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crested Wave | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque Ernst Ludwig Holst ( Germany) and was severely damaged. |
| David Malcolm | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Motril, Spain. She was refloated and put back to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Eboa | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Roger Sand, off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Faun | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Ardlamont Point, Argyllshire. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire and sank. |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Caloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Lyra | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Cape Verde Islands. She was refloated the next day. |
| Osbourne | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Inchgarvie, in the Firth of Forth. She was later refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| RMS Sarmatian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Stormcock | United Kingdom | The tug was holed whilst assisting with salvage of cargo from the barque King Arthur United Kingdom) and was beached at Fethard, County Wexford. She was repaired, refloated and taken in to Waterford. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ameria, Emblyn, Loraine, and Morse | United Kingdom | The barque Loraine was driven into Ameria, Morse and the brig Emlyn in a hurricane at Fray Bentos, Uruguay. Loraine was severely damaged. She was taken in to Montevideo, Uruguay. The other vessels were placed under repair at Fray Bentos. |
| Cavalier S. Polimini | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at "Kangian", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Java, Netherlands East Indies. She floated off and was subsequently towed in to "Kangian", where she was sold. |
| Concettina | Italy | The ship ran aground at Patras, Greece. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Eblana | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground south of "Dunmure". She was on a voyage from Ayr to Larne, County Antrim. She was refloated and put back to Ayr in a leaky condition. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Londonderry. She was refloated and towed in to Londonderry. |
| Fannie L. Kennedy | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jessie Gilbert | United Kingdom | The ship departed from New York, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing. |
| John | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartepool to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Lady Fane | Isle of Man | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Langness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Douglas. |
| Maeze | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Thomas and Mary and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Mudhopper No. 3 | United Kingdom | The mud hopper was run into by the steamship Neera ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was abandoned. She was beached at Egremont, Lancashire. |
| Schmidborn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs. |
| Susan and Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Prawle Point, Devon whilst on a voyage from London to Caernarfon. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Wild Wave | Jersey | The schooner was run into by the barque John and Anna ( Russia) in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Portland, Dorset and was severely damaged. She was abandoned by all but two of her crew, who were rescued by John and Anna. Wild Wave was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. Severely damaged, she was towed in to Weymouth, Dorset by the steamship Commodore ( United Kingdom). |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christian Tate | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro to Charlestown, Cornwall. |
| Corcyra | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a submerged object in Ramsey Sound and was consequently beached at Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 25 January and taken in to Cardiff for repairs. |
| Good Hope | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Heraglitza Point", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Malta. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cefn Sidan, Carmarthenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Medina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Dundalk, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dundalk. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk. |
| Philena Winslow | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha. All 38 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Kilkeel, County Down. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk. |
| Seven Brothers | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Balbriggan. |
| Thomas E. Kenney | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of the 28 people on board. Survivors were rescued on 24 January by the brigantine Brunette ( United Kingdom). Thomas E. Kenney was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. |
| Tsernogora | Canada | The ship collided with Agnes Muir ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel between Newhaven, Sussex and the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Tsernogora was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Ouse near Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to London. |
| Anapira | United Kingdom | The ship struck the breakwater and was beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Great Yarmouth in a severely leaky condition. |
| Arbutus | United Kingdom | The steamship was severely damaged at Maryport, Cumberland due to being incorrectly moored. |
| Doriga | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°51′N 3°16′W﻿ / ﻿48.850°N 3.267°W﻿ / 48.850; -3.267). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Zena ( United Kingdom). Doriga was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile. She foundered the next day |
| Fanny Bailey | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and sank at Dundalk, County Louth. Her crew were rescued by the Blackrock Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk. |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Bute Channel. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand. She was on a voyage from Goole to London. |
| Oberon | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in White Bay, County Cork. Her 29 crew were rescued by the Queenstown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Passage West to be drydocked for examination. |
| Privateer | United Kingdom | The tug sank in the Shannon Estuary off Foynes, County Limerick. Her crew were rescued. |
| Richard Moxon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Goole. |
| River Nith | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Kilkeel, County Down. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The pilot boat was run down and sunk off the coast of Glamorgan by the steamship Zenaide ( France) with the loss of one life. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessie Grenfell | United Kingdom | The St Ives schooner went ashore at Saffi in a heavy gale and broke up on rocks. Three of the crew were drowned. |
| Bon Accord | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and was towed in to the River Tyne. |
| Clara | Straits Settlements | The schooner struck a submerged object at the entrance to the Rhio Strait and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| H. Shun | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 14°20′W﻿ / ﻿48.000°N 14.333°W﻿ / 48.000; -14.333). Her crew were rescued by Cadet ( United Kingdom). H. Shun was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cork. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The pilot boat ran aground in the Bristol Channel. |
| Janet Wignall | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kirkcudbright with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire. |
| Mercur | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Slade, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Santa Maria de Belem | Portugal | The brigantine was wrecked at the Cabo da Roca. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Lisbon. |
| Star Queen | China | The ship was wrecked at "Gotos" with the loss of one of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Shanghai. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | Left Aberdeen harbour on Tuesday morning (possibly 14 January) and attempted to return to port in the afternoon. Later found upturned and no sign of the four crew. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allida | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Ben Avon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tugboat and taken in to North Shields, Northumberland. |
| Bertha | United Kingdom | The barque collided with J. B. Brown ( United States) and was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by J. B. Brown. Bertha was on a voyage from Pabellón de Pica, Chile to Antwerp, Belgium. She consequently foundered. |
| Britannia | Jersey | The schooner struck rocks at La Corbière, Jersey and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey. |
| Ellida | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Excelsior | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Withernsea Lifeboat Admiral Rous ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rosslanre, County Wexford. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River. She was refloated on 6 February. |
| Ituna | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with John O. Scott ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex. |
| Matilda C. Smith | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at the Pointe de la Coubre, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Santander | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkerque. |
| Unique | United Kingdom | The smack was driven onto the Pole Sands, off Exmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abd-el-Kader | France | The barque ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She broke in two on 28 January and was a total loss. |
| Abicore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Engine ( Netherlands). |
| Anne Margetta | Norway | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Bollard Point, Dorset, United Kingdom. All twelve people on board were rescued, some by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Assistant | Flag unknown | Capsized while attempting to enter the harbour at Antwerp, Belgium. All eight on board drowned. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee. |
| Hagar | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Portsall, Finistère, France. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued the next day by a French lugger. She was on a voyage from London to Landerneau, Finistère. |
| Jessamine | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized at Smerwick, County Kerry. |
| Lothian | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Burghead. |
| Sirius | United Kingdom | The brig struck a submerged object and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce. Subsequently refloated and repaired. |
| Tubal Cain | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent in a waterlogged condition. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Active | Royal Navy | The Volage-class corvette grounded on an unmapped shoal north of the Tugela River, Cape Colony. She was refloated almost immediately. |
| Annie Margaretta | Norway | The brigantine was driven ashore at Bolland Point, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew survived; six reached shore in a boat and six were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Expert | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was run down and sunk by the steamship Countess of Durham ( United Kingdom) and sank off the coast of Kincardineshire with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by Countess of Durham. |
| Flora | Norway | The brig collided with the barque Marie Thérèse ( France) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Marie Thérèse. Flora was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was discovered by the brig Ramond ( France) which put two of her crew aboard. Flora was towed in to Gibraltar the next day by the tug Lion Belge ( Gibraltar). |
| Friesland | Netherlands | The barque was abandoned in the Zuyder Zee. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland. She subsequently ran aground and became beset by ice. |
| Hebe | Norway | The barque was wrecked off the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House). Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Clacton Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was towed in to Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom in a derelict condition. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off St. Agnes, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penryn, Cornwall. |
| Marcus Coipel | Canada | The ship was wrecked on the Stone Breakers. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. |
| Quicksilver | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight and was scuttled. |
| Scud | United States | The barque ran aground one mile (1.6 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 12, 2nd District, she became a total wreck. Her crew of five were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. |
| HMS Tenedos | Royal Navy | The corvette grounded on an unmapped shoal north of the Tugela River, South Africa and on the next high tide was hauled off by HMS Active. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was run down and sunk off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire by the steamship Countess of Durham ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her four crew. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elpis | Greece | The brig ran aground in the Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued. |
| Emma and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug William and Charles ( United Kingdom). |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Llanelly. |
| Lunan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Chiv Sen", Burma. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nio | Spain | The ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Barcelona. |
| Scottish Bard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rockhampton, Queensland. She was refloated and taken in to Rockhampton in a leaky condition. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran, United Kingdom. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Avola Pellegrina | Italy | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Genoa. She was subsequently discovered by W. G. Putman (Flag unknown), which put some of her crew aboard. They took Avola Pellegrina in to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Noemi | France | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Corisande ( United Kingdom). Noemi was on a voyage from Cardiff to Algiers, Algeria. |
| Northbourne | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Great Bitter Lake. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bombay, India. She was refloated on 1 February. |
| Raymond | United Kingdom | The barque departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for the Delaware Breakwater. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew. |
| Snow Bird | United States | The schooner ran aground in a gale 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north east of Life saving Station No. 13, 2nd District, near Chatham, Massachusetts. She was lost and her crew of five were rescued by two boats from Chatham. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Kandy | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Mauritius to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Diadem | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after a collision with the stores ship USS Supply ( United States Navy). Her crew were rescued by USS Supply and were landed at Madeira. Diadem was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Edith Owen | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Coal Rock, off the coast of Anglesey and was wrecked. |
| Enniskillen | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Firth of Forth off the mouth of the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Glaucus | United States | The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from the Elbe to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Bremerhaven, Germany. |
| Lorne | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated. |
| Ousel | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam. |
| Scycouse | France | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cette, Hérault. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edith Owen | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Middle Mouse Sand, off the coast of Anglesey and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hermann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a waterlogged condition. |
| Mactan | Spain | The steamship ran aground off Talunan-an Island, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Yloilo. She floated off and sank with the loss of eight lives. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the steamship Ailsa ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde at Erskine, Renfrewshire. |
| Maroon | Canada | The ship capsized in a squall off Barbadoes. Her crew survived. |
| Orconers | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Veritas | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Melbourne, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Melbourne. She was refloated and taken in to Melbourne. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albinus | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east north east of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Glynllifon | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Coosaw River, South Carolina, United States. She was not seen or heard from again. |
| Joseph Ferens | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Kullagrundet, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the barque Venzolana ( France) and sank off the Helwick Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Venzolana. Margaret was on a voyage from Waterford to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| New Zealand | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Blackpool, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Salier | Germany | The steamship ran aground at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Brazil. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carbonic | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. |
| Ephrussi | Norway | The ship was driven ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Bremerhaven, Germany. She was later refloated and taken in to Almería. |
| Koning der Nederlanden | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to the Nieuwe Diep. |
| Riveresco | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dulas, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Waterford. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angé | France | The lugger went ashore in a strong south southeast gale at Porthcurno, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by employees of the Eastern Telegraph Company. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The smack was run into by the schooner Lady Neave ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Belfast Lough. Her four crew survived. Shamrock was on a voyage from Bowling, Dunbartonshire to Skerries, County Dublin. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1879 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned before 30 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Ada R. | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. |
| Ailsa | United States | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Aspinwall, United States of Colombia to New York. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at New York on 31 January. |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the transport ship Bosphorus ( Ottoman Navy) and sank at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. All on board were rescued by Bosphorus and another Ottoman Navy vessel. Alpha was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Annavino | France | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Wreckage came ashore at Rosslare, County Wexford, United Kingdom. |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the barque Iquique ( Italy). Argo was on a voyage from Swansea to Dakar, Senegal. |
| Argonaut | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Blankenese. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| August | Germany | The ship was wrecked near "Lyngad". |
| Barnard Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Reval, Russia. She was refloated on 7 January and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Batavia | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. She was refloated. |
| Bertha | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly after a collision with J Brown ( United Kingdom), which headed for Queenstown with the crew of the abandoned ship. Bertha foundered shortly after. |
| Blonde | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Hittarp, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to London. She had been refloated by 15 January. |
| Blue Jacket | | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Bombay | United States | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Key West, Florida. She was refloated on 31 January and towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was towed to London for repairs on 4 February. |
| Bonanza | United States | The ship was driven ashore at South Ferry, New York She was on a voyage from New York City to Antwerp. She was refloated. |
| Chile | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner E. J. Morrison ( United States). Chile was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France. |
| Condor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Yantai (Chefoo), China between 22 and 24 January with the loss of two lives. |
| Cora | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Arecibo, Puerto Rico to New York. |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Northumberland. |
| Creole | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered at sea before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to the English Channel. |
| Decima | Germany | The steamship ran aground at Callao, Peru before 13 January. |
| Dillwyn | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Skibbereen, County Kerry. She was refloated with assistance from the Coastguard. |
| Don José | Spain | The barque was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba. |
| Douse | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire during a voyage from Limerick to Troon, Ayrshire, where she arrived on 15 January. |
| Duchess | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London. |
| E. J. Harland | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated on 7 January. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Perros, Côtes-du-Nord, France to Shoreham-by-Sea. |
| Elsmore | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Skerries Lifeboat. |
| Erycina | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 January. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Rosita ( Norway). Erycita was on a voyage from Beaufort, South Carolina, United States to Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| Etna | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocea before 19 January. |
| Eunice | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 January. Her crew were rescued by Calliope ( United Kingdom). Eunice was on a voyage from Saint John's to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Evangelistra | Greece | The ship was driven ashore on Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Naples, Italy. |
| Faedrenelandet | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 January. |
| Frederick | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 16 January while carrying pitch pine from Doboy, Georgia, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall with the loss of her captain. Survivors and ship's dog, a Newfoundland, were rescued by the barque Gaetano ( Italy). |
| Federico lo Svevo | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Honfleur. She was refloated and taken in to Honfleur in a leaky condition. |
| Fuschia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. |
| Girda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage in leaky condition. |
| Gracia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Tennessee Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Hansine | Denmark | The ship sank off the east coast of Jutland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Horsens to London. |
| Hartlepool | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Dunkerque. |
| Herbert H. Raymond | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Hertha | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 January. Her crew were rescued by Ganger Rolf (Flag unknown). Hertha was on a voyage from New York to Honfleur. |
| Jason | United States | The ship was abandoned at sea before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to New York. |
| Johanna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Ferrit", County Kerry. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère, France. |
| Julia | Guernsey | The schooner was wrecked on the Isle of Wight with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| J. W. Beard | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. |
| Lady Lilford | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Skerries Lifeboat. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Tunis, Beylik of Tunis. She was refloated and towed in to Tunis by an Italian steamship. |
| Lady Hulse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rimac River. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Callao, Peru. She was refloated on 25 December. |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Callao. |
| Lord Clarendon | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to the Delaware Breakwater, United States. |
| Manfred | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Lacepede Islands, Western Australia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marion | Canada | The ship capsized off Barbadoes. Her crew survived. |
| Marius Copel | United States | The ship was wrecked at "Stonebreakers". She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Beaufort, North Carolina. |
| Mayard | United Kingdom | Two survivors from the steamship were landed at El Ferrol, Spain by a Spanish vessel. |
| Mecca | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Spilia Reef, in the Torres Strait. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Sydney, New South Wales. |
| Moero | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned at sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada to Saint Kitts. |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The barque capsized at Warrenpoint, County Antrim. |
| Nio | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Charleston. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Onward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Hakin Island", Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 January. |
| Pippo | Italy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prinz Heinrich | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Murviedro, Spain. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Valencia, Spain, where she arrived on 5 January. |
| Rebecca | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Yantai (Chefoo) between 22 and 24 January. Her crew were rescued. |
| Reggmes | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 January. |
| Roquelle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Schulau, Germany. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg. |
| Rosa Bottcher | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Yantai (Chefoo) between 22 and 24 January. Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned. |
| Rosario | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Tongoi, Chile. |
| Runnymede | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Browse Island, Western Australia. Her crew survived. |
| Salup | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. |
| Sarpen | Denmark | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Philadelphia. She was refloated on 17 January and taken in to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Savannah | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Faraman", Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Seybouse | France | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cette, Hérault. |
| Sofia | Italy | The brigantine was driven ashore in the Longhole Gut, Glamorgan after 21 January. All ten people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Naples to Swansea. |
| Sophie G. | Norway | The barque was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Sudpol | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bahía Honda, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana. |
| Sulena | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brown Island, in the Lacepedes Islands. Her crew survived. |
| Thomas M. Reed | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool. |
| Thomas Vaughan | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground between Harrington and Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Silloth, Cumberland. She was refloated on 31 January and resumed her voyage. |
| Vortigern | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. All on board were rescued. The ship was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Zanzibar. Vortigern was later refloated and towed in to Aden, Aden Colony. |
| Winged Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to New York. |