# List of shipwrecks in January 1878

The list of shipwrecks in January 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1878.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice C. Dickermans | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and capsized in the River Avon at Sea Mills, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bristol. |
| Amazon | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Pointe d'Azzemour, 11 nautical miles (20 km) west of Mazagan, Morocco. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to one of the Barbary Coast ports. |
| Demetrius | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Ooster Bank. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Johanna Petronella | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore at Noordwijk, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Josephine | Russia | The barque was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
| Maria | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Trinidad and Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. |
| Marie Koestner | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. No further trace, reported missing. She may have been run down and sunk with the loss of all on board; wreckage thought to be from Marie Koestner was sighted 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west by south of the North West Lightship ( Trinity House). |
| Olivier | France | The ship was driven ashore at "La Galle", Algeria. |
| Onega | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Dragør. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Promenader | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
| Seaton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Tom Pyman | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Weser | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal. |
| William Coulman | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands, destroying the lighthouse. She was severely damaged and was beached with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| W. W. Visser | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to "Worcum". |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | Germany | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Schouwen, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Norway to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| A. Strong | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Nashawena Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Boston, Massachusetts. She was later refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Eleonora | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Ida | Denmark | The schooner foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the smack Emma ( United Kingdom). Ida was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Landsend | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Heugh Lighthouse, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Germany to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of six tugs and taken in to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. |
| Martha Lloyd | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the North Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Dublin. |
| Peter Rohland | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Frieland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bremen. |
| Suffolk | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 5 January with the assistance of two barges. Subsequently broken up. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carrie P. Morton | United States | The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, probably lost on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all 14 crew. |
| Marshall Keith | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newburgh, Fife. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 21 January and towed in to Newburgh. |
| Soukar | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Tocapilla | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Rhosilli, Glamorgan. She was later refloated. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ana | Spain | The steamship struck the Ore Rocks, off Cape Cornwall, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All 35 people on board took to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship William Banks ( United Kingdom). Ana was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Santander. Also reported as wrecked at Pendeen Cove. |
| Arcturus | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel off the Norwegian coast and was beached. She was refloated on 6 January and taken in to Bergen, Norway for repairs. |
| Argonaut | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at London. |
| A. Strong | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Nashawena Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New York, United States. |
| Balmoral | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and became waterlogged at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 21 January with the assistance of five tugs and towed in to West Hartlepool. |
| Glenlivet | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Staffa ( United Kingdom) in the Clyde and was beached near Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, where she sank. Her crew were rescued by Staffa. |
| Janet and Alice | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Deal, Kent. She was refloated. |
| J. T. Jackson | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition. |
| Nordstjernen | Denmark | The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden for repairs, being leaky. |
| Pa | Spain | The steamship was wrecked at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued by the steamship William Banks ( United Kingdom). Pa was on a voyage from Liverpool to Spain. |
| William Symington | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oscar | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her 27 crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat Robert Whitworth ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Oscar was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Miranda | Norway | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Messina, Sicily, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Severn | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near the Cloch Lighthouse, Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bridegroom | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Edith Owen | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks in the River Avon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put back to Bristol for repairs . |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from a Brazilian port to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Flying Dutchman ( United Kingdom) and towed in to the Clyde in a severely leaky condition. |
| Stamfordham | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Cape Henry, Virginia, United States for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| August Lister | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Queenstown to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. |
| Glenalla | Canada | The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland, United States for Queenstown. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Glide | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at "Wiken", near Höganäs. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Helsingborg. |
| Hudson | United States | The ship collided with a barque and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°05′N 10°20′W﻿ / ﻿48.083°N 10.333°W﻿ / 48.083; -10.333) with the loss of one of her 32 crew. Survivors were rescued by the brigantine William Bowden ( United Kingdom). Hudson was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York. |
| Madge Wildfire | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 19 January and towed in to Ramsey, Isle of Man. |
| Mary Ella | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Crest ( United Kingdom). Mary Ella was on a voyage from Newburyport, Massachusetts to New York. |
| Minnie | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Ayr. |
| Novelty | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near "Siton" and was damaged. She was on a voyage from the Keeling Islands to Shanghai, China. |
| Tempois | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Hook Point, County Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to New Ross, County Wexford, United Kingdom. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ketch was run into by the steamship Annie Vernon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames with the loss of two of her four crew. Agnes was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London. |
| Glannibanta | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the pier at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend. |
| Jury | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Wilmington to Trieste. |
| Lady Lampson | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Scrogas Rock, off Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada and was beached near the Fishguard Lighthouse in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from London to Esquimalt. |
| Marcia Greenleaf | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Beaufort, South Carolina. She was refloated. |
| Petronella | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore between Dungeness and New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Naples. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | Isle of Man | The schooner was wrecked in Douglas Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Penseiro | Italy | The brigantine collided with the steamship Xema ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all but one of her twelve crew. The survivor was rescued by Xema. Penseiro was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie W. Goddard | Canada | The brig was driven ashore at Ferry Village, New York, United States. |
| Harriet P | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Newhaven, Sussex. |
| Margareta and Ann O'Rye | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the schooner Athlete ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was severely damaged. |
| Traffic | United Kingdom | The tender was in collision with the steamship Maggie Ann ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was severely damaged and was beached. |
| Zephyr | Germany | The brig was wrecked on the Picquet Rocks, in the Bahamas, with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Hamburg. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The steamship was run down and sunk off the Nore by the steamship Annie Vernon ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Dunstanburgh | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Middle Blyth Sand, in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Edward Joseph | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Dunstanburgh ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. |
| Leonore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put back to Pensacola. |
| Melancthon | Norway | The brigantine was wrecked on Rhodes, Greece. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Stavanger to Cagliari, Sicily, Italy. |
| Ulysses | United States | During a gale at night, the sidewheel paddle steamer broke loose from her moorings at the South Marine Railway Wharf at Rockland, Maine, and broke up on rocks in Rockland Harbor without loss of life. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the schooner Fellowcraft ( United Kingdom) and was beached at McCrinan's Point, north of Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Alert was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Larne, County Antrim. She was refloated on 14 January. |
| Caledonian | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyness, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ballyness. She was refloated on 19 January and taken in to Ballyness. |
| Edward McDowell | United States | The ship was wrecked in the San Luis Pass. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Galveston, Texas. |
| Endymion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Shanghai, China. She was later refloated and taken in to Shanghai. |
| Excelsior | New Zealand | The 92-ton topsail schooner left Timaru for Wellington with a crew of six. She was not seen again. Wreckage, possibly from Excelsior, was spotted off the Banks Peninsula in February 1878. |
| Gange | France | The steamship collided with the steamship Henry Coxon ( United Kingdom) and sank on the Blythe Sand, in the River Thames. Gange was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated on 15 January and subsequently taken in to Greenhithe, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Stentor | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enterprise | Jersey | The lugger collided with the schooner Forest Fairy ( United Kingdom) and sank off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of one life. Enterprise was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Padstow, Cornwall. |
| Fairy | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Gravesend, Kent. She was refloated. |
| Intrepid | United Kingdom | The ketch was run down and sunk off the South Stack, Anglesey by the schooner Forest Fairy ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one of the five people on board. Intrepid was on a voyage from Liverpool to Wadebridge, Cornwall. |
| Nellie | New Zealand | The 66-ton schooner struck Astrolabe Reef, eventually grounding on Motiti Island, Bay of Plenty while en route from Lyttelton Harbour to Auckland. Her crew survived. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canadienne | France | The ship was lost in a cyclone at Réunion with the loss of twelve of her nineteen crew. |
| Cincora | Italy | The steamship ran aground in the Seine. She was on a voyage from Barletta to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Fervent | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Seine. She was refloated. |
| Hermann | Germany | The steamship arrived at New York, United States from Hamburg on fire. The fire was extinguished. |
| Intibakh | Ottoman Navy | Russo-Turkish War: The dispatch boat was sunk at Batumi by two torpedoes fired by the torpedo launches Chesme and Sinope (both Imperial Russian Navy) in the first successful use of self-propelled torpedoes in combat. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Rhinplatte, in the North Sea off the German coast. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Pigeon | United Kingdom | The brigantine sank in the River Mersey off Waterloo, Lancashire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | Portugal | The barque ran aground in the Douro. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Wil Dayrell | United Kingdom | The barque was towed in to Harwich, Essex in a derelict condition by the steamship Lily Dale ( United Kingdom). |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frithjof | Norway | The steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion which killed a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cádiz, Spain. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| C.L. Henning | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Troon, Ayrshire for Demerara, British Guiana. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Ripple | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames between Northfleet, Kent and Tilbury, Essex. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to London. |
| Uno | Austria-Hungary | The brig was driven ashore at Pola. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Pola. She was refloated and taken in to Pola. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amistad | Spain | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Portopico", on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyness, County Donegal. |
| Frank Cotton | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Greytown, Nicaragua. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Greytown. |
| Mizpah | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyness. |
| Uno | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Pola, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Pola. She was refloated and taken in to Pola. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auguste Solscher | Germany | The barque ran aground on the Kentish Knock and sank. All on board got aboard the Kentish Knock Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued on 7 February by the smack Emily ( United Kingdom). August Solscher was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Benbow, and Ostrich | United Kingdom | The steamships collided in the River Thames downstream of Blackwall, Middlesex. Benbow was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Deptford, Kent. She was severely damaged. Ostrich was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She sank with the loss of five lives. Ostrich was refloated in late January. |
| Countess of Durham | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Youghal, County Cork. |
| Delopia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on South Uist, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Langesund, Norway to Connah's Quay, Flintshire. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Giuseppe Bozzo | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Lord Willoughby | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and sank off Maryport, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Silloth, Cumberland. |
| Otto Frieda | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at "Twersted", Denmark. She was refloated and assisted in to Fredrikshavn for repairs. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adeona | Saint Vincent | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kingston, Jamaica. |
| Amanda | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. No further trace, reported missing. |
| A. Patterson | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Caliban | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Bolivar ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to London. She was refloated. |
| Charlotte | United Kingdom | The cutter sank in the River Severn at Chepstow, Monmouthshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. |
| Fairy Queen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Bressay, Shetland Islands. |
| Galatea | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at San Francisco, California, United States. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to San Francisco. |
| John Wells | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Seine near Villequier, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Royalist | United Kingdom | The ship, a floating police station, was run into by the steamship Chimborazo at East Greenwich, Kent and was severely damaged. |
| Vanguard | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Nairn to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steam flat ran aground on the Dove Spit, in Liverpool Bay. |
| Unnamed | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Sønderho, Denmark. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arctic | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Kentish Knock or the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Eleven of her thirteen crew were taken off by a smack. Arctic was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Baring Brothers, and Ponce | United States Spain | The steamship Ponce collided with the full-rigged ship Baring Brothers and sank at the mouth of the River Mersey off the Crosby Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of two of her 30 crew. Survivors were rescued by the tug Columbus ( United Kingdom). Ponce was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Puerto Rico. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives. Baring Brothers was on a voyage from America to Liverpool. She was severely damaged and was beached near Seacombe, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| Chestina Redman | United States | The ship ran aground on the Kaloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland. |
| Entrepreneur | France | The ship was driven ashore at the Whiteford Lighthouse, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Oreala | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on the Kaloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessie Jane | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Padstow in a waterlogged condition. |
| Copeland | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run into by the steamship Myrtle ( United Kingdom) and wrecked at Portrush, County Antrim. |
| Southtown | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Irvine, Ayrshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run into by the steamship Myrtle ( United Kingdom) and wrecked at Portrush. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black Eyed Susan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Killapool", County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Ballina, County Mayo. |
| Ina | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler collided with Bohemian Girl ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off the coast of Devon with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by Bohemian Girl. |
| Utility | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Preesall, Lancashire with the loss of one of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was later refloated. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Macgilligan Point, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Branch | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Largibeg, Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. |
| Caspian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Havre de Grâce. |
| Comterre Duchatel | France | The barque ran aground in the Charente. She was on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Grasmere | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to the Clyde. She was taken in to Portpatrick in a waterlogged condition and placed under repair. |
| Helding | Spain | The brig was driven ashore at Magilligan, County Londonderry, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to the West Indies. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. |
| King Philip | United States | The wreck of King Philip on 28 March 2011The three-masted sailing clipper was wrecked at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California after her anchor dragged and she ran aground in heavy surf. |
| Marco Primogento | Austria-Hungary | The barque was wrecked on the north coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Olinkau | Austria-Hungary | The brig was wrecked on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Kingstown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Dublin. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Puffin Island, Anglesey with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Penmon Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked in Loch Tarbert, Jura. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to "Losses". |
| Reindeer | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to London. She floated off and sank with the loss of her captain. Five crew reached the shore in a boat. |
| Times | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Craigough Rock. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated. |
| Wanderer | Canada | The brigantine was driven ashore at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| William and Anna | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea pff the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House) by the steamship Tabor ( United Kingdom) with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Tabor. William and Anna was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Seaham, County Durham. |
| William Naizby | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship Romeo ( United Kingdom) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew, who got aboard Romeo. William Naizby was on a voyage from the Milk River, Jamaica to Goole, Yorkshire. She was subsequently towed in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The pilot coble sank off South Shields, County Durham with the loss of three of the four people on board. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acme | Denmark | The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Bengairn | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and put back to Garston in a leaky condition. |
| Dorcas | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of five tugs. |
| George and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shurton, Somerset. |
| Laure | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Roscoff, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Bilbao, Spain. |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of four of her five crew. |
| Meggie Armstrong | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Porto Torros", Spain. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The steamship was beached in Ballycastle Bay, where she was wrecked. |
| Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Rose of Eden | New Zealand | The 30-ton schooner struck a rock in Tory Channel in Marlborough Sounds and became a wreck. All hands survived. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Penryn, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Constitution | United Kingdom | The tug collided with the steamship Mary Hough ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire for repairs. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the Hook Lighthouse, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Waterford. |
| Discoverer | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India. |
| Margaret and Martha | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Abermenai Point, Anglesey. |
| Prince Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by a Swedish vessel. Prince Alfred was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She came ashore at Plouescat, Finistère on 31 January and was wrecked. |
| Prospero | Italy | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Genoa. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and the Ramsgate Lifeboat and taken in tow for Gravesend, Kent. |
| Raven | New Zealand | The 6-ton cutter left Picton for Wellington with a crew of three. She was not seen again. |
| Santander | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Maryport to Workington. She was refloated on 1 February. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allahabad | India | The ship put in to Galle, Ceylon on fire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to New York, United States. |
| Amphitrite | Netherlands | The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. |
| Arctic | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Ostend, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |
| Constance Reggina | Italy | The ship was wrecked on L'Île-Rousse, Corsica, France. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Waterford. |
| John Bright | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank. Her crew survived. |
| Meredith | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Jérémie, Haiti. She was refloated and taken in to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was later refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Satyr | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her five crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ballinacurra, County Cork. |
| Wennington | United Kingdom | The ship went aground and re-floated in the Bali Strait. She had departed from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies for Falmouth on 9 January, and as of September has not been heard of. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emigrant | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her ten crew were rescued by the steamship Lechmere ( United Kingdom). |
| Fearless | Guernsey | The schooner was driven ashore at Winchelsea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Winchelsea Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| Francisco Raffo | Spain | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lagos, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Laura | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Roscoff, Finistère, France. She was refloated in mid-February and taken in to Roscoff for repairs. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Mary and Sarah | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with the steamship Hawk ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames. |
| Prinses Marie | Netherlands | The steamship collided with the steamship Zuid Holland at Vlissingen, Zeeland and was severely damaged. |
| Rainton | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Marbella, Spain and was scuttled the next day with the loss of a crew member. She broke in two in a gale on 6 February. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ardelines | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Glenarm, County Antrim to Maryport. She was refloated the next day. |
| Arethusa | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on "Tabarka Island", Algeria with the loss of seven of her nine crew. |
| Auk | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Paul Grampp | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bari, Italy. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Rainton | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Marbella, Spain. She sank the next day with the loss of a crew member. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Astarte | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Castillos, Uruguay with the loss of all 32 crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Claribel | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Saint Kitts. |
| Elizabeth Ann | United Kingdom | The steamship Jane Bacon was towing the steamship Cingalese (both United Kingdom when the tow rope caught the mast of the ketch Elizabeth Ann, which capsized and sank off Godrevy, Cornwall with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by Jane Bacon. |
| Elphinstone | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Etta M. Tucker | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Asbury Park, New Jersey. |
| Geraldine Paget | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. |
| Metropolis | United States | The steamship was wrecked at Currituck Beach, North Carolina with the loss of 85 lives. She was on a voyage from New York to Pernambuco, Brazil. |
| Neotune | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Sapsic, Georgia", United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Darien, Georgia. She was refloated and towed in to Savannah, Georgia, where she was condemned. |
| Providence | France | The sloop sprang a leak and sank off the Runnel Stone, Cornwall. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Zawia | Norway | The ship sank off the Little Skerries, in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Connah's Quay, Flintshire, United Kingdom to Arendal. |
| Zeno | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Berwick upon Tweed. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1878 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert and Edward | United Kingdom | The steamship was lost off the coast of Norfolk on or before 5 January with the loss of all eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Alcedo | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Dry Harbour, Jamaica. She was refloated. |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near "Landsend". |
| Annie Laurie | Netherlands | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off the Turtle Bank. All on board were rescued by a French vessel. She was on a voyage from Paramaribo to Nieuw Nickerie, Surinam. |
| Antoinetta | Italy | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 January. She was on a voyage from New York to Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Auguste Marie | United Kingdom | The ketch ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord. |
| Auvergne | France | The steamship was wrecked on "Tabarka Island", Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently plundered by local Arabs. |
| Burnbrae | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Claudia | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Tonalá River before 4 January. |
| Cornwallis | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Pitcairn Island. Her crew were rescued. |
| Emperor | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was destroyed by a fire caused by a distress flare. |
| Energia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the French Reef before 3 January. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Queenstown. |
| Francisca Bellagamba | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. |
| Francoise Desiree | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked near "Larbavrach", Finistère, France with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to a Dutch port. |
| Frederick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Westhampton, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to New York City. |
| Hannah Law | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Minniehaha ( United Kingdom). |
| Idlewild | Canada | The brigantine was wrecked at Cape George, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of five of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Livorno, Italy. |
| Julia Ernestine | France | The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States. |
| Jupiter | Germany | The barque departed from Bremerhaven for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Leicester | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Catchian". All on board were rescued. |
| Marc Antoine | France | The ship was driven ashore near Karikal, Puducherry. She was on a voyage from Pondicherry, Puducherry to Mauritius. |
| Mary Ann Wilson | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Little Paternosters, in the Makassar Strait. Her cew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mindanao, Spanish East Indies. |
| Nerio | Jersey | The abandoned brigantine was wrecked near Tréguier, Côtes-du-Nord, France. |
| Nordhavet | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned on the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ornen | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to the Delaware Breakwater. |
| Perou | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Bremen, Germany. |
| Providentia | Spain | The ship was wrecked at North Cape. She was on a voyage from Mexico to Barcelona. |
| Rosa May | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from the River Tees to Bombay, India. Whilst aground, she was attacked and plundered by Arab craft. She was refloated and towed in to Aden, Aden Colony by a Dutch steamship, arriving on 3 February. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Öland, Sweden with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Reval, Russia. |
| Slandia | United States | The schooner was wrecked at "Tonato" on or before 4 January. Her crew were rescued. |
| Southern Belle | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Baltimore, Maryland. She was later refloated. |
| Tobasco | Denmark | The barque was abandoned at sea before 25 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Baltimore. |
| Vision | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She broke up on 13 February at 50°48′N 12°51′W﻿ / ﻿50.800°N 12.850°W﻿ / 50.800; -12.850. |
| Welcome Home | United Kingdom | The coble was wrecked on Heligoland. |
| Yesso | China | The steamship was damaged by an onboard explosion at Hong Kong. Twelve people were killed and 64 were injured. |