# List of shipwrecks in December 1852

The list of shipwrecks in December 1852 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1852.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black Hawk | British North America | The schooner was lost on this date. She was on a voyage from the Annapolis River to Saint Andrews, New Brunswick. |
| Comorn | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged on the Whitton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. |
| Emerald | British North America | The schooner was lost on this date. She was on a voyage from the Annapolis River to Saint Andrew, New Brunswick. |
| Gazelle | British North America | The ship was lost between Brier Island and "Laetite", Nova Scotia with the loss of four of her crew. |
| Grafen von Bismark | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at "Rotbøll", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Wolgast. |
| Hartford | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Hazard | United States | The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan, New Brunswick, British North America with the loss of all hands. |
| Lalla Rookh | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and feared wrecked at Gibraltar. |
| Themis | France | The ship was wrecked at Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grand-Bassam to Calais. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore in Macrihanish Bay. Her crew were rescued. She became a wreck on 10 December. |
| Bachelor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Severn at Berkeley Pill, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Gloucester. |
| Eliza | British North America | The ship was wrecked near Granville, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrew, New Brunswick to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. |
| Jane and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Ware Rocks, off the coast of Devon and damaged. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated on 7 December and beached at Appledore. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked in Hilpsford Bay, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Elliott | Saint Lucia | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at George Town. |
| Georgia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and broke in two at Tuckerton, New Jersey, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. |
| Hostelina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Janissary, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a Britiah port. |
| Jane A. Milvain | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Spray | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated with assistance from five smacks and resumed her voyage. |
| William and Richard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Sand-le-Mer". She was refloated on 11 December and taken in to Sunderland. |
| Yankee (pilot boat) | United States | The pilot boat sank off Sandy Hook, New Jersey with the loss of four lives. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Defence | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Eden | Norway | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Skottehavnen. She was on a voyage from Raaby to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The smack capsized in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Norbreck, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jessie Stephens | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Pacific ( United States). Jessie Stephens was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim and/or Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was still afloat on 24 March 1853. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north by east of the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Trial ( United Kingdom). |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Star | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hurst Castle, Hampshire. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hendrika | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked near Katwijk aan Zee, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Ovando | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Nassau, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New York, United States. |
| Pretty Maggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all six people on board. She was on a voyage from "Ballinacura" to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was drivean ashore and wrecked at "Cwmyrw", Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Doris | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Dantzic to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Prestatyn, Flintshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belinda | United Kingdom | The brig struck the pier and was damaged at Ramsgate, Kent. She was beached at Broadstairs. Her crew were rescued by HMRC Rose ( Board of Customs) and boats from Ramsgate. Belinda was taken in to Ramsgate in a sinking condition. |
| Daniel | Greifswald | The ship was driven ashore near "Alfskagen", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Greifswald. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. |
| Duke of Northumberland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, South Australia. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |
| Eliza and Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Head Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to South Shields, County Durham. Eliza and Caroline was refloated on 10 December and taken in to South Shields. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Gar Sand, off the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Devonport, Devon. She was refloated and put back to Hartlepool. |
| Arion | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Getterön, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. |
| James Reddin | United Kingdom | The brig was reported to have been wrecked on the north coast of Prince Edward Island, British North America with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick British North America to Larne, County Antrim. She was towed in to Fleetwood, Lancashire on 29 December with only one mast standing. James Reddin was towed to Belfast, County Antrim by the steamship Fenella ( United Kingdom) on 21 February 1953. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the South Bank, off Dundee, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Orlock Bay. She was refloated on 13 December and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Orion | Stralsund | The ship was driven ashore near Getterön, Sweden and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. United Kingdom. |
| Syra | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Tail Sand, in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 11 December and taken in to Southend, Essex. |
| To Brodre | Norway | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank between Laurvig and Sandefjord. Her crew were rescued. |
| Trap | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground and sank on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Chester, Cheshire. Trap was refloated on 15 December and beached. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colonizador | Empire of Brazil | The brig was driven into Mary Rowe ( United Kingdom) and sank at Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| HMS Cyclops | Royal Navy | The paddle frigate ran aground on the Cant Ledge, off the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Adder ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Sheerness, Kent. |
| Elizabeth | Hamburg | The brig was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |
| Gossypium | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Flats. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. |
| Gramm | Denmark | The brig was severely damaged at Buenos Aires. |
| Norma | France | The barque was driven ashore at Buenos Aires. |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was in collision with the paddle steamer Princess Alice ( United Kingdom off Bangor Head, County Down and lost her bow. She was beached and sank near Dunseverick Castle, County Antrim. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to the Clyde. |
| Succours | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Buenos Aires. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adonis | British North America | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick. |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Allan | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was beached and scuttled near Kedgeree, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She had been refloated by 19 January 1853. |
| Bouin | Duchy of Holstein | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Linenplate, at the mouth of the Eider. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rendsburg, Duchy of Schleswig. |
| Bullion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by an anchor and sank in the River Tyne. |
| Countess of Durham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven on to the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. The one person on board was rescued. |
| Edward Cohen | United States | The barque was driven on to the Herd Sand. She was refloated. |
| Francis | British North America | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Cuba. |
| Jane and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground, capsized and sank in the River Tyne with the loss of both people on board. |
| Jenny Lind | United Kingdom | The tug was discovered derelict in Liverpool Bay. She was towed in to Birkenhead, Cheshire by the tug Hercules ( United Kingdom). |
| Joseph and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Shore Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries. |
| Junege Hendrik | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Linenplate. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Eider. |
| Kingstown | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Conway, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Conway. |
| Lenigkeit | Hamburg | The ship ran aground on the Linenplate. Her crew survived. |
| Magna | Duchy of Holstein | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Linenplate. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Rendsburg. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Middlesbrough. She was refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough. |
| Nina | Hamburg | The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Linenplate. Her crew survived. |
| Nord | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Siipyy, Grand Duchy of Finland before 20 December. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Princess Helene | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and put in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| St. Joseph | France | The ship departed from Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord for Dunkerque, Nord. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Peterhead. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Mauritius. She was on a voyage from Hobart, Van Diemen's Land to Mauritius. She was refloated and taken in to Mauritius. |
| Cecilia | Norway | The ship was in collision with a brig and was abandoned by all but one of her crew. The last man was taken off by Sophie ( Bremen) on 14 December. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from London for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| John Leech | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Sand Heads, India. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. |
| Marie Elizabeth | France | The brig was in collision with the brig Triton ( Greece) and was reported to have sunk off Cádiz, Spain with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Adra, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord. Also reported as having put in to Huelva, Spain in a severely damaged condition on 14 December. |
| Ninus | Jersey | The schooner was driven onto the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 16 December and taken in to South Shields, County Durham for repairs. |
| Victoria Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship departed from London for Dunkerque. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Xerxes | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to the Maitland River. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near South Shields, County Durham. |
| Rosetta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near South Shields. |
| St. Yves | France | The lugger sank in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by the brig Selma ( Sweden). |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The paddle tug sank at South Shields. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | Jersey | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Cynthia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin. Cynthia was refloated on 16 December and towed in to Dublin. |
| Earl of Seafield | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| Triton | Netherlands | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Texel, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Nieuw Diep. |
| Western World | United States | The steamboat was in collision with the steamboat H. W. R. Hill ( United States) and capsized in the Mississippi River upstream of Princeton, Mississippi with the loss of twelve lives. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Horse Sand, in the Solent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to St. Helen's, Isle of Wight. |
| John Leach | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the South Heads, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. |
| Mary | Flag unknown | The ship was lost off "Hangdaike" with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to "Christinestad". |
| Mary Turcan | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Knotts Island, North Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Virginia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Wooperton | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with the brig Robert and Margaret ( United Kingdom) and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Robert and Margaret. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was consequently beached near Youghal, County Cork. |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brest, Finistère, France with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Clarissa | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. All fourteen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. Clarissa was refloated the next day and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Mary Florence | United States | The barque was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand. All seventeen people on board were rescued by a yawl and the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Torbay, Devon. |
| Nouvelle Loire | France | The barque was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Africa. |
| Penelope | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Sir Fowell Buxton | United Kingdom | Sir Fowel Buxton. The barque was wrecked on the Tapioca Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil with the loss of 3 of the 230 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, Victoria. |
| Supreme Sagesse | France | The collier was lost off Bideford, Devon. with the loss of six of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Sierra Leone. |
| Windsor Fay | United States | The ship ran aground on the Romer Shoals and became hogged. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany to New York. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alida | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a waterlogged condition. |
| Catharina | Hamburg | The ship was in collision with another vessel and was beached at Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to Cowes in a leaky condition. |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. |
| Friedrick Moldenham | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Schwarzort. She was consequently condemned. |
| Giffords | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Bornholm. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Madeira. |
| Liberty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay, Devon. She was refloated on 19 December. |
| Llewellyn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was on a voyage from Swansea to the Cape Verde Islands. |
| Loyal Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm with the loss of all hands. Also reported to be a brig wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. |
| Phoenix | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Barnstaple, Devon. |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Beadman's Bay, Devon. |
| Royal Britain | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Sandhammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. |
| Weatherall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. Weatherall was refloated on 26 December and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The sailing barge was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. All four people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Rye, Sussex. |
| Fides | Hamburg | The ship ran aground off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Pernambuco, Brazil. |
| Friedrich | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at "Schwarzol". She was on a voyage from Stettin to Memel. |
| Garonne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Tenby, Pembrokeshire. |
| '=' | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Florida ( United Kingdom)). Isabella was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Isabella Harris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Barlogue Bay, County Cork with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Port Wallace, Nova Scotia, British North America to Hull. |
| Jane Sibbald | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galway to London. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Maria Thèrèse | France | The ship was driven ashore at Sines, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Senegal to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock. She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to Margate. |
| Seppings | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Carlo (Flag unknown). Seppings was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Greencastle, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Malin Head, County Donegal. She was refloated on 20 December and beached at Moville, County Donega. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Beach Point, Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Ann and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig struck the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and foundered with the loss of one of her eight crew. Sufvivors were rescued by the schooner True Blue ( United Kingdom). Ann and Mary was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| Arendina | Flag unknown | The ship sailed for London on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Bywell | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with another vessel and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Chio | France | The ship was driven ashore at Cape St. Sebastian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monastagem, Morocco to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Cicely | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Constantine | Ottoman Empire | The ship was wrecked at "Achialow". She was on a voyage from Varna to a British port. |
| Crocus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 26 December and towed in to Sunderland. |
| Eaglet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated on 22 December. |
| Horn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Girvan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Hutton | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Dimlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. |
| Icio Mana | New Zealand | The schooner ran aground at Auckland. She was refloated. |
| Metoka | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Neptunus | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Jane Montgomery ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Jonathan Montgomery ( United Kingdom). Neptunus was on a voyage from Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 3 February 1853 and beached. |
| Pauline | Stettin | The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a waterlogged condition. |
| Royal Oak | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Aldeburgh Neaps, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a waterlogged condition and was beached there. |
| Seaman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 13 February 1853. |
| Sylvanus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Uyea, Shetland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to South Shields. |
| Thomas and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Union | Guernsey | The ship was in collision with Blenheim ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Blenheim. |
| Vittoria | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Terra Nova to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Pont-l'Abbé. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Erika | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Lyngsaa", Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Frederikshald to Middelfahrt, Denmark. |
| Athena | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Maltreath, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Catharina | Hamburg | The ship was in collision with Finland ( Grand Duchy of Finland) and was beached at Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated. |
| Ettiena | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 50 nautical miles (93 km) south of Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Stavanger, Norway. |
| Evangelist | Greece | The brig was driven ashore at Dingle, County Kerry, United Kingdom. |
| Janet Halley | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from the Flekkefjord for Perth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Newton | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently towed in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. |
| Planter | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Stony Binks off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Provincialist | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atalantic Ocean (36°36′N 51°31′W﻿ / ﻿36.600°N 51.517°W﻿ / 36.600; -51.517). Her crew were rescued by the barque Union Compostelana ( Spain). Provincialist was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool. |
| Scot | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Allonby, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Test | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Allonby, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Carlisle, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan or Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 23 December. |
| Young Queen | New South Wales | The ship struck a reef and was beached on Nobbys Island with the loss of four of her crew. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Athena | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hannah | Lübeck | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingfors, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| John and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated on 31 December and found to be severely damaged. |
| Minerva | Denmark | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. |
| Northern Maid | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from "Carlinsnose" to Warkworth, Northumberland. |
| Sir Howard Douglas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Glenluce Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Apalachicola, Florida, United States. She broke up on 27 December. |
| William Thorp | United Kingdom | The sloop struck the Swadman Rock and sank in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tarbert, Argyllshire. |
| Bans Vale | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. |
| Corinthian | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Thorpeness, Suffolk with the loss of all hands. |
| De Jogger | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orfordness, Suffolk with some loss of life. |
| Earl of Fife | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Landguard Fort, Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Harwich. She was refloated and taken in to in a leaky condition. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Scattery Island, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Sligo to London. |
| Emilie | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near "Pasewark". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Königsberg. |
| Flowers of Ugie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Deans Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Halcyon | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lowther | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Bird Island, in the Strangford Lough. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She broke up on 27 December. |
| Marchioness of Bute | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Swanborough, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Nueva Carmen | Spain | The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. She was refloated on 11 January 1853 and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. |
| Ocean Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked off The Mewstone, Devon with the loss of all fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Jamaica. |
| Omega | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore south of Bridlington, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore on Piel Island. |
| Sprightly | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore on Piel Island. |
| Swanen | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Calvados, France to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Tay | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Governors Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York to the Clyde. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cardigan. |
| Turner | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore on Piel Island. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead to British Honduras. |
| Brightlingsea | United Kingdom | The ship departed from St. Andrews, Fife for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Chelydra | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Fritheof | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Stockholm. |
| Jessie and Alexander | Isle of Man | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Littlehampton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Littlehampton. |
| Kingston | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Robben Island, Cape Colony with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Cape Town, Cape Colony. |
| Margaret Scott | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Korsør, Denmark for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Messenger | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Mapoon Sand, off the coast of Burma. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. She was refloated on 25 December and resumed her voyage. |
| Morning Star | British North America | The ship was driven ashore at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. |
| Richmond | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lanzarote, Canary Islands to New York. |
| San Gines | Spain | The brig was lost on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea off the coast of West Flanders, Belgium with the loss of five of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Stockton | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on the Hel Peninsula, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dantzic. She was refloated on 30 April 1853. |
| Wilhelmina | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore near "Traisendorf". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Griefswald. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at "Freigendahl", Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Weile" to an English port. |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Fox Island, New Brunswick, British North America with the loss of a crew member. She was consequently condemned. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Great Yarmouth. She was refloated on 27 December and taken in to port. Also reported as Barmouth, Caernarfonshire. |
| Donau | Flag unknown | The ship sailed for London, United Kingdom on this date. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Kirkcaldy, Fife. Her crew were rescued. |
| Queen of Britain | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Berbice, British Honduras. |
| Rival | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Pachino, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port. |
| St. George | United States | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (40°12′N 23°30′W﻿ / ﻿40.200°N 23.500°W﻿ / 40.200; -23.500). Her 25 crew and 76 of her 121 passengers were rescued by Orlando ( United States). St. George was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pirate Cove. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was consequently condemned. |
| Wind | Netherlands | The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Zante | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Arthurstowe Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Waterford. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship was driven out to sea crewless from South Shields, County Durham. She was subsequently taken in to South Shields by Black Eagle ( United Kingdom). |
| Arnal, and Brockett | United Kingdom | Arnal was in collision with Brockett at the entrance to the Bosphorus and was beached at "Kavak", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa to a British port Brockett put in to Büyükdere in a severely damaged condition. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Carolina | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Southport, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London. |
| Dove | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. She was refloated. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilrush, County Clare. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was last heard from on this day, presumed subsequently foundered, probably on 27 December. |
| Frances | USA | This American whaler, under Captain William Swain, was wrecked on the reef of Mangaia on the night of 25 December when she drifted on in a calm, there being no bottom outside the reef for anchors to hold. There was no loss of life. The Captain had high praise for the help of 22 native canoes that helped unload crew and provisions. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Humber for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was later refloated. |
| Harriett | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Spanish Battery Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. |
| Henriette | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore near Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Emden to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| John and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lowther | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bird Island, County Down. |
| Luna | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her eight crew were rescued by the brig Swift ( United Kingdom). |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven onto the Spanish Battery Rocks and was severely damaged. She was later refloated. |
| Margaret Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Poole, Dorset. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Marie Elise | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Harboøre, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Struer, Denmark. |
| Mary Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the tug Pilot ( United Kingdom). Mary Agnes was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London. |
| Montpelier | United Kingdom | The schooner was fallen in with in the Atlantic Ocean in a wrecked condition. Two crew were taken off by RMS America ( United Kingdom), but one died shortly afterwards. Montpelier was on a voyage from Salcombe, Devon to Liverpool. |
| Morleys | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer sank in the River Tyne at Stanhope, County Durham. She was later refloated. |
| Mountaineer | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of the Currituck Inlet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. |
| Popplewell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into the schooner Catherine and severely damaged at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Pembrey, Pembrokeshire to Dundalk, County Louth. |
| Reine de Anges | Spain | The ship was wrecked east of Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and capsized in the Duddon Estuary with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire. |
| Tiny Lass | United Kingdom | The smack was beached on Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Tarbert, County Kerry. She had been refloated by 1 January 1853 and taken in to Tarbert. |
| Aghios Nicholas | Greece | The ship was driven ashore in the River Shannon. |
| Annegina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Scheveningen, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to London, United Kingdom. |
| Anfion | Austrian Empire | The ship capsized at Askeaton, County Limerick, United Kingdom. |
| Argyll | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the schooner Favourite and sank at Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cork and/or Waterford. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Millbay, Plymouth, Devon. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Abererch, Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member. |
| Carriboo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Denison | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Fleetwood, Lancashire. Two of her crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antigua. |
| Egberdina Elizabeth | Flag unknown | The barque was driven on to the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and taken in to the River Mersey. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated on 9 January 1853. |
| Elizabeth and Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth in a leaky condition. |
| Eu | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Brake Sand, off the coast of Kent. She floated off and was abandoned. Eu was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium. She was subsequently towed in to Margate, Kent and beached. |
| Falcon | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on Grass Island, in the River Shannon. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Abererch. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Glenaeron | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Abersoch, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henriette | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Emden, Kingdom of Hanover to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated. |
| Heroine | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme Regis, Dorset with loss four would-be rescuers. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, South Australia. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Argus ( United Kingdom). Industry was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Whitehaven. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Charlton, Kent to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Lady of the West | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to a longboat and a pinnace. Fifteen crew in the longboat were rescued by Fanny ( United Kingdom). Four crew were rescued by Napoleon ( France) Lady of the West was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to South Shields. She was refloated on 4 January 1853 and taken in to South Shields. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to London. |
| Marigo | Greece | The ship was driven ashore on Grass Island, in the River Shannon. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east by south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her eight crew were rescued by a schooner. |
| Northern Maid | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground Trinity Sand, in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Olivia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Abererch. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouthwith the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne, or South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Sadak | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Brake Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to London. The wreck was refloated on 2 February 1853 and beached at Dumpton Gap, Kent. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. |
| Vanguard | British North America | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lady Sale ( United Kingdom). Vanguard was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. |
| Wakefield | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Harfleur, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| West Hendon | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was refloated the next day. |
| Wheathill | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Wool Packet | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Sunk Island, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated on 31 January 1853 and towed in to Grimsby by the tug Rendel ( United Kingdom). |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acorn | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Dunbar. |
| Active, and Agnes | United Kingdom | The brigs collided in the North Sea off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Active subsequently drove ashore. Agnes sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Adele | Jersey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme Regis, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. |
| Aghios Nicolas | Greece | The ship was driven ashore at Limerick, United Kingdom. |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Limerick. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 28 December and towed in to Limerick by the steamship Dover Castle ( United Kingdom). |
| Albecore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The collier was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. Also reported as running aground on the Sandhale, and being taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Alliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. |
| Ann and Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was refloated on 12 January and taken in to Caernarfon. |
| Annechina Jantina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 to 3 nautical miles (3.7 to 5.6 km) west of Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Argyle | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the schooner Favourite ( United Kingdom) and sank off Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cork. |
| Athena | | The ship was driven ashore at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Beethoven | Bremen | The ship was driven on to the Motherbank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
| Beulah | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated on 9 January 1853 and towed in the Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the tug Rendel ( United Kingdom. |
| Blossom | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven on to the Sunk Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Elie, Fife to Londonh. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby. |
| Bonne Femme | Portugal | The brig was driven ashore between Hove and Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. All eleven people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon. |
| Bouverie | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked north of Port Logan, Wigtownshire with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Malta. |
| Camden | United Kingdom | The collier foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 140 nautical miles (260 km) off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Modeste Berentina ( Norway). Ceres was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Hartlepool. |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Conway | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 29 December and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Corinthian | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Thorpe Point, Suffolk with the loss of all hands. |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| De Jager | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orford, Suffolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to London, United Kingdom. |
| Diligence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Caernarfon. |
| Ebeneser | United Kingdom | The fishin smack foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| E. C. Scranton | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated on 7 January 1853. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Port Phillip, Victoria. |
| Elizabeth and Sarah, or Sarah and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Wilsthorpe, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 29 December and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
| Engelina | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was abandoned in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Cleopatra ( United Kingdom). Engelina was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The Belfast-registered ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The Maryport-registered ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Falcon | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Limerick. |
| Frederic | France | The schooner sank in the English Channel off Poole, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated on 21 June 1853 and taken in to Poole. |
| Freedom | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Millbay, Devon. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Abererch, Caernarfonshire. |
| Gamma | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Oak ( United Kingdom). |
| George and Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Glenaeron | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Abererch. |
| Haggerstone | United Kingdom | The steamship was last sighted on this date off Filey, Yorkshire whilst on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The barque capsized and sank at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated on 6 January 1853. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Berry Head, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hugh Ballement | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Girdler Sand, off the north Kent coast. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Importer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Independence | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew survived. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by Mozambique ( United Kingdom) and severely damaged in the Rhymney River. Her crew were rescued by Andover ( United States). |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Isis | Sweden | The barque was abandoned in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Themis ( United Kingdom). Isis was on a voyage from Glasgow to Licata, Sicily. |
| Jago | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 42 nautical miles (78 km) north east of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Alfred ( United Kingdom). Jago was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Jewess | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by Portland ( United Kingdom and sank at Kirkcudbright. Her crew were rescued. |
| John Bright | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. A crew member was rescued by Eagle ( United Kingdom). |
| John Burrel | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Two survivors were rescued by the barque John Arrowsmith ( United Kingdom). The remainder of her crew were rescued by a Swedish brig. John Burrell was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| Johns | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| John White | United Kingdom | The collier was wrecked. Her crew survived. |
| Julius Caesar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in St. Bride's Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Mobile, Alabama, United States. She was later refloated. |
| Lilly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Calf of Man with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. She blew up the next day with the loss of all on board - local inhabitants and some of her crew, 37 people. |
| Lochinvar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed in to Troon, Ayrshire for repairs. |
| Louisa and Emelia | Hamburg | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 2 to 3 nautical miles (3.7 to 5.6 km) west of Dungeness Lighthouse with the loss of 45 of the 84 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Rio Grande. |
| Magnet | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the brig Nereid ( United Kingdom). Magnet was on a voyage from Seaham, County durham to London. |
| Marie Auguste | France | The ship sank at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Marion | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary and Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kirkcudbright. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the River Mersey. She was subsequently towed in to Liverpool by a tug. |
| Mary Henny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Kingstown to Maryport. She was refloated on 15 January 1853 and taken in to Maryport. |
| Meldon | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Coronation ( United Kingdom). |
| Mirago | Greece | The ship was driven ashore at Limerick. |
| Naiad | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies. She was refloated on 31 January 1853. |
| Nouvelle Loire | France | The barque was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom. |
| Nuova Fortuna | Malta | The ship was wrecked at Stranraer, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Malta. |
| Omega | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Bristolwith the loss of all hands. |
| Onward | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Llanddwyn. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 9 February 1853 and towed back to Liverpool, where she arrived on 11 February. |
| Pink | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Pioneer | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. |
| Portland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Prince of Orange | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore on Sylt, Duchy of Holstein. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Leith, Lothian. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme Regis. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lyme Regis to Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
| Sea | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. |
| Somes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kirkcudbright. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mount Batten, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford. |
| Thomas Wood | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew survived. |
| Tintern | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, or Troon, Ayrshire. |
| William Glenn Anderson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Christchurch Head, Dorset. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander Johnstone | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire. Alexander Johnstone was later refloated with the assistance of the tug Independence ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Birkenhead, Cheshire, where she was beached. |
| Amulet | United States | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Cette, Hérault, France. |
| Andover | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was subsequently drive into by Mozambique ( United Kingdom). |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Breeze | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Brunswick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Whitehaven. |
| Calder | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated in February 1853 and towed in to Liverpool, where she arrived on 9 February. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to London. |
| Childe Harold | United Kingdom | The barque was into Gipsy Queen ( United Kingdom and then driven ashore at Piel Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Commercial Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Vigilant ( United Kingdom). Commercial Packet was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester, Essex. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was presumed to have foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Liverpool. |
| Emulous | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from the Mumbles to the Azores. She was refloated and taken in to Swansea. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Dundee, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Gipsy Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into by the barque Childe Harold ( United Kingdom) and was then driven ashore on Piel Island. |
| Halcyon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandhale, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Whitehaven. |
| Henrietta Emden | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The Humber Keel sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smack Welcome Home ( United Kingdom). Industry was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on avoyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| John and Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 70 nautical miles (130 km) east south east of the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the brig Antias ( Belgium). John and Margaret was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| Juno | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was wrecked at Rhosneigr, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Málaga, Spain. |
| Lady Campbell | British North America | The brigantine was wrecked at Louisburg, Nova Scotia. |
| Magdalene | United Kingdom | The brig was discovered abandoned in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Scarborough, Yorkshire by the smack Fawn ( United Kingdom), which put two hands on board and took her in tow. She subsequently sank with the loss of both lives. Magdalene was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven. |
| Merry Henny | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Kingstown, County Dublin to Maryport. |
| Messenger | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Tynemouth Castle. Her crew were rescued. |
| Midas | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. |
| New Draper | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Whitehaven. |
| North Star | Jersey | The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a barque. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Orient | Malta | The ship was beached at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Oscar | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to London. |
| Queen Adelaide | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven. |
| Rafael | Mexico | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Mazatlan, Cuba to Liverpool. |
| Rambler | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bridport, Dorset. |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The smack sank at Ardglass, County Down. |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated on 13 January 1853 and taken in to Penzance. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The ship struck a reef off Port Phillip Heads, Victoria and was beached. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, Victoria. |
| St. Helens | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in on the North Spit, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Vesta ( United Kingdom). St. Helens was on a voyage from Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool. |
| Tweed | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Palmermo, Sicily. |
| Veronica | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Bolt Head, Devon with loss of life. |
| Wave Packet | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore on Sunk Island, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Wesley | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Earl of Newburgh ( United Kingdom). |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the smacks Emperor and Traveller ( United Kingdom). |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore in the River Dee 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Parkgate, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Alcibides | Greece | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballyteague Bay with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Patrington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Tramore Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Waterford. |
| Brewer's Hall | United Kingdom | The flat was driven ashore in the River Dee 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) from Parkgate. Her crew were rescued. |
| Broad Oak | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Dunlagh Bay with the loss of ten of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Catherine Wilhelmine | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Agger Canal. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Porthcawl, Glamorgan. |
| Chevalier | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Trinidad. |
| Duchess of Lancaster | United Kingdom | The sloop rang aground at the mouth of the River Duddon and capsized with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire. She was righted and taken in to Ulverstone, Lancashire in a wrecked condition. |
| Elijah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. she was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a brig off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was consequently abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| James | Jersey | The cutter was wrecked on the Hermitage Rocks, in the Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Liebre | Spain | The brigantine was wrecked on "Roe Island". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cádiz. |
| Lively | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Inishmaan, County Galway to the Clyde. |
| Lotus | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the North Sea 33 nautical miles (61 km) south east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Sarah Mills ( United Kingdom). Lotus was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. |
| Lucina | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Søndervig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Polwarth", Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to the Clyde. She was refloated on 31 December. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Roe Island". |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship sank at the Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bideford, Devon. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Flamborough Head. Her crew were rescued by Pearl ( United Kingdom). Maria was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Poole, Dorset. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Freedom ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and was beached south of Warkworth, Northumberland. |
| Millbay | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Minver, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to São Miguel Island, Azores. |
| Piscataqua | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was refloated on 31 December and resumed her voyage. |
| Rhine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newport. She was on a voyage from Newport to New York, United States. She was refloated on 31 December and resumed her voyage. |
| Robert and Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 115 nautical miles (213 km) off Lindesnes, Norway. Her nine crew were rescued by Eendracht (Flag unknown). |
| Sally | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Carlisle, Cumberland. |
| Selim | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bonmahon, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool. |
| Symbol | United Kingdom | The ship, which had sprung a leak on 27 December, foundered in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Shelagh ( United Kingdom). Symbol was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Colchester, Essex. |
| Wilhelmine | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Søndervig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Hamburg. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was refloated. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brilliant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Foulney Island, Lancashire. |
| Gem | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Neath, Glamorgan. |
| George IV | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Josina Henrietta | Netherlands | The ship was driven on to the Baron of Ballyteague. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vicuña, Chile to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom. |
| Lester | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. |
| Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was refloated on 31 January 1853 and towed in to the River Tyne. |
| Sclim | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Boumahere", County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool. |
| Sir Robert Peel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Foulney Island. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Foulney Island. |
| Woodside | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Florida Reef. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Wexford. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aghios Trises Curleses | Greece | The ship ran aground on the Dromore Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Emma | Wismar | The brig was driven ashore near "Tragoe", Norway. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Susa", on the Barbary Coast, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Malta to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Roundstone, County Galway. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Grenada and Saint Vincent. |
| Vigilant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lindesnes, Norway. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. She was refloated on 9 January 1853 and taken in to Mandal, Norway. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1852 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated on 5 December. |
| Active | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore on Borkum, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to King's Lynn. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, where she arrived on 29 December. |
| Adelia Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cork to Port Talbot. She was refloated on 25 December. |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Alinda | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at Eddystone Point, Van Diemen's Land before 25 December. |
| Auguste | France | The ship was lost before 9 December whilst on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime. |
| Bannockburn | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in the Mississippi River before 18 December. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was later refloated and taken into Mobile, Alabama. |
| Bentley | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Baltic Sea before 5 December. |
| British Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore neas Machias, Maine, United States before 6 December. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was consequently condemned. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and severely damaged at Killerness Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Douglas, Isle of Man. She was refloated and taken in to Dromore, County Down. |
| Camargo | United States | After illegally delivering 500 enslaved Mozambiquans to a coffee plantation in what is now Santa Rita do Bracuí, Brazil, the slave ship's captain, Nathaniel Gordon, anchored her in the mouth of the Bracuí River on the southeastern coast of Brazil, set her on fire, and escaped dressed as a woman. She burned and sank. Her wreck was located off the northeastern tip of Little Cunhanbebe Island on in December 2023. |
| Celebrity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey with loss of life, including that of her captain. |
| Daphne | France | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Gironde before 4 December. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Gironde before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to the Charente. |
| Engelina | Kingdom of Hanover | The schooner was lost on her maiden voyage. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fredericke | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 13 December and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Fulton | British North America | The ship was driven ashore on the Saint Croix Reef before 3 December. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Cuba. |
| Geelong | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Australia. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in late December. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée before 4 December. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Southampton, Hampshire in late December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| James Pennell | United States | The barque capsized off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Faderneslandet ( Norway). |
| Johann | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at Mimizan, Landes, France. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona to Bilboa, Spain. |
| John Robertson | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°02′N 8°42′W﻿ / ﻿46.033°N 8.700°W﻿ / 46.033; -8.700. Her nine crew were rescued by the brig Niord ( United Kingdom). John Robertson was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Barcelona, Spain. |
| Kassari | Netherlands | The brig was driven ashore at "Muka", on the north coast of Borneo, Netherlands East Indies before 24 December. She was plundered by the local inhabitants. |
| Kennard | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Charente-Maritime before 4 December. Crew presumed lost. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to the Charente. |
| Lima | British North America | The ship sank off Petty Harbour, Newfoundland with the loss of at least four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to St. John's, Newfoundland. |
| Maldon | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland in late December. |
| Maria | Netherlands | The koff was abandoned in the North Sea before 26 December. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in late December with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by John ( United Kingdom). |
| Marian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Ravenglass and St. Bees, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to the West Indies. |
| Marie | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in late December with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Mount Vernon | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Province of Canada before 24 December. She was on a voyage from Saguenay, Province of Canada to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City for repairs. |
| Nile | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south west of Vizagapatam, India before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Madras. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Olinda | Victoria | The ship was wrecked at Eddystone Point, Van Diemen's Land before 23 December. She was on a voyage from Hobart to Port Phillip. |
| Perfection | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in late December. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy capsized and was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Roseberry | United Kingdom | The ship was lost before 31 December. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. |
| Sarepta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn. She was refloated on 5 December. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in late December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. Sisters was towed in to Tory Island, County Donegal on 23 January 1853. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to the Bristol Channel. |
| St. George | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and was damaged. She put in to Callao, Peru on 11 December. |
| Vixen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Duxberry Reef and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to San Francisco, California, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at San Francisco on 5 December. |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The source says: "Gibraltar, December 16th. The Lalla Rookh, for England, was driven on shore on the 1st inst. and it is feared will be a wreck". It is not known which Lalla Rookh this was.