# List of shipwrecks in December 1856

The list of shipwrecks in December 1856 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1856.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black Sea | Russia | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Naissaar. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Christina Leer | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Meewestaart. Her crew were rescued. |
| Crisis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Cutter | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in The Wash. She was refloated the next day. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Diamond Reef. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to New York in a leaky condition. |
| Hamilton | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak on the Dogger Bank. She was set afire and abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Niord (Flag unknown). Hamilton was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |
| Napoleon III | France | The steamship ran aground at Stettin. |
| Putton | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Seal Sand, in The Wash. She was refloated. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was in collision with the sloop Hesperus ( Denmark) and sank in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Hesperus also lost a crew member. |
| Troy | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Diamond Reef and sank off Bedloes Island. She was on a voyage from New York to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canadian | British North America | The schooner was driven ashore east of Oakville, Province of Canada. |
| Dundas | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Burlington Bay, Province of Canada. |
| Eliza Ryan | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and capsized at Placentia, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was consequently condemned. |
| Henrietta | Prussia | The brig struck a sunken object and sank in the River Tees as Billingham, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to Memel. |
| Johann Frederick | Prussia | The ship departed from Pillau for Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Leviathan | United States | The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from New York to Oporto, Portugal. She consequently put in to Bermuda in a severely damaged condition. |
| Live Yankee | British North America | The schooner was driven ashore at Port Credit, Province of Canada. Her crew survived. |
| Lord Elgin | British North America | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Point, Lake Ontario. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea (37°28′N 4°55′E﻿ / ﻿37.467°N 4.917°E﻿ / 37.467; 4.917). Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Sir Alexander ( United Kingdom). Mary was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Roberts | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered abandoned in the Baltic Sea by the steamship Secret ( United Kingdom). She was towed in to Rostock. |
| Roschid | Stettin | The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baron de Bruck | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portoscuso, Sardinia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Trieste. |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde downstream of Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated the next day. |
| Danube | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Stark Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Wallace, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Lucifer ( Royal Navy) and towed in to Hubberstone Pill. |
| Firefly | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Whitburn Steel. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and made for North Shields, County Durham but sank. She was refloated on 4 December and beached at South Shields. |
| Jenny | Sweden | The ship was lost near Ringkøbing, Denmark with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ystad to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| John Glaister | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore, capsized and was wrecked at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Linnet | British North America | The ship was wrecked in the Digby Gat with the loss of at least three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Granville, Nova Scotia. |
| Monarch | British North America | The steamship was wrecked at Oswego. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Toronto, Province of Canada. |
| Niagara | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Port Hope, Province of Canada. Her crew were rescued, but two rescuers were drowned. |
| Pomona | United States | The schooner was driven ashore near Sandy Cove, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Margate, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was run down and sunk in the River Mersey off Birkenhead, Cheshire by the Mersey Ferry Lord Morpeth ( United Kingdom). Both crew were rescued by Lord Morpeth. |
| Washington | United States | The schooner was wrecked near Annapolis, Maryland with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Clementsport, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Zalt Bommel | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Town, Cape Colony. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Leicester | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Bridlington, Yorkshire. |
| Helen Hardy | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with another vessel and sank in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Henry Hood | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Karrbolmen", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Ivy | United Kingdom | The local vessel was wrecked 4 miles south of Scarborough, Yorkshire, outward from Scarborough. |
| Myra | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Alexandria, Egypt. She was abandoned on 6 December. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Filey Brigg. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nieuwediep, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Sea of Azov off "Fursoff", Russia. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and sank. she was on a voyage from Sunderland to Port Gordon, Moray. |
| Vesper | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Insand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on the Hartley Rocks, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and towed in to the River Tyne. |
| Augustine | France | The schooner ran aground and sank at Redcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. |
| Comely | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Newbiggin, Northumberland. She was refloated on 11 December and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland. |
| Elizabeth and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hawthornhive, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and towed in to the River Tyne in a severely leaky condition. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Blackshaw Banks, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dumfries. |
| Fear-Not | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar. |
| Hoffnung | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Homely | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newbiggin, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| J. & A. Going | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Jane and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Cala Domestica, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Toulon, Var, France. |
| Jean and Jessie | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off in the North Sea off False Immanuel Head, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| John and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground and sank at Redcar. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ross | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground off Immanuel Head, Northumberland. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Port Gordon, Moray. |
| Sarah and Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the River Mersey at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated the next day. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne Blair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Aberystwyth. |
| Augusta Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Lough Swilly. She was later refloated and towed in to Londonderry for repairs. She arrived on 17 December. |
| Carl | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare, United Kingdom to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Clarendon | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redness Point, north of Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom. Twelve of her 21 crew were rescued by the Whitehaven Lifeboat, the rest subsequently got ashore. She was on her maiden voyage, from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Westport, County Mayo, United Kingdom and then Liverpool. |
| Cruiser | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Southsea Castle, Hampshire. |
| Echo Mary, or Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Louisa Munro | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Marloes, Pembrokeshire with the loss of nine of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Malta to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Loch Castle Island, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Arisaig, Inverness-shire. She was refloated on 14 December and beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. |
| Messenger | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Seaham, County Durham by the steamship James Hartley ( United Kingdom) with the loss of six of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by James Hartley. Messenger was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
| Napoleon | British North America | The steamship was wrecked in Burlington Bay. |
| Richardson | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to Swansea. She was refloated on 10 December and towed in to Swansea. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Wadero Storo, off the coast of Sweden and sank. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amintuse | United Kingdom | The sloop sank off Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
| Amphitrite | Norway | The ship was lost off "Porten". |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Pilkieppen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Clemence | France | The brigantine was wrecked in Carnarvon Bay. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a French port to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. |
| Cornely | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newbiggin, Northumberland. |
| Dahlia | France | The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Fordmill | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Rosilly Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Málaga, Spain. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Aldeburgh Neaps, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. |
| I. and A. Goring | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. |
| J. L. Warner | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnsore Point, County Wexford, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was refloated on 28 January 1857. |
| Leeuw | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nairn, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Ardmore Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marie Mathilde | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. |
| Mars | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherfield with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Nuevo Torcuvato | Spain | The brig foundered. Her crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat. |
| Princess | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Warrenpoint, County Down. |
| Richardsons | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Coquimbo, Chile to Swansea. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Lindisfarne. |
| Sovereign | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated and towed in to Fraserburgh. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriatic | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Dungarvan, County Waterford with the loss of ten lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. The wreck was refloated on 8 February 1857 and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Betsey Harlock | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near St. Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Condor | Hamburg | The schooner collided with Beecher Stowe ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. |
| Derwent | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Beckfoot, Cumberland. She was abandoned by her crew. |
| Don | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Dingle Bay. She was on a voyage from Tralee, County Kerry to London. |
| Hamelia | France | The ship was driven ashore at Argelès-sur-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to "Palmos". |
| Importer | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Poor Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Alma ( Sweden). She was subsequently driven ashore at Ballycotton, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Jamaica. She subsequently broke up. |
| Lady Huntington | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Cumberland. |
| Louisiana | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Black Rock, off the coast of Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was consequently condemned. |
| Mara | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherstone, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Seabird | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America to Liverpool. She had been refloated by 13 December. |
| Silistria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Cumberland. |
| Teneriffe | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at St. Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to Liverpool. Teneriffe was refloated on 29 January and beached at Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Thornley | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Arrat Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| T. J. Crisp | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vixen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bowling Bay. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Liverpool. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blonde | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Fethard Bay, County Wexford. |
| Commandeur Hortfeldt | Norway | The ship sank off Coll, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bergen. |
| Edwin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Lough Swilly. She was refloated on 17 December. |
| Eglinton | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Stralsund. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Stralsund. |
| Elizabeth | Norway | The brigantine was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown. |
| Ellon | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in Ballycotton Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Heinrich | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore near Porto Torres, Sardinia. She had sunk by 24 December. |
| Ismerie | France | The fishing smack sank off Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar. |
| Minerva | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Stockpool", Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Bahia, Brazil. |
| Minerva | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Galley Head, County Cork. She was on a voyage from London to Demerara, British Guiana. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Leinar Bay, Forfarshire. |
| Petronella | Netherlands | The barque was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom, with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. |
| Progress | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Duncannon, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Waterford. She was refloated. |
| HMRC Tar | Board of Customs | The cutter was driven ashore and severely damaged at Copper Point, County Cork. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. |
| C. S. Fletcher | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off the Skellig Islands, County Kerry and sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Earl Talbot | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Edward | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Seven Heads, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London. |
| Elizabeth | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Trabolgan and Poor Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Queenstown. |
| Enigma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shallags Brows, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool. |
| François Arin | France | The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Ballycotton, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Maritime to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Great Britain | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballycotton, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cardigan to Cork. |
| Pemberton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, United States with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Progress | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Waterford. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dione | Stettin | The barque sank off Greenore Point, County Louth, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Fredricke | Prussia | The schooner was wrecked on the Whitton Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| James Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Perth. She was refloated and put back to Dantzic. |
| Jane Ellis | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the Île de Trielen, Finistère, France. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Taranto, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Myrtle | United Kingdom | The brig sank in Lunan Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Kirkcaldy, Fife. |
| Neopolitan | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Naples. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Salurian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Leeing Island". She was on a voyage from British Honduras to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Horsens, Denmark to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grace | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Gazelle ( Denmark). Grace was on a voyage from Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Æriel | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was later refloated and put back to Sunderland. |
| Arabian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Celeste | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Pondicherry, Indian. |
| Competitor | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Port Mahon, Spain with the loss of seven of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Havana, Cuba. |
| Charles Dumerque | France | The ship was wrecked near Pondicherry. |
| George Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to the Rio Grande. |
| Harry Fleming | South Australia | The ship was driven ashore at Port Elliot. |
| Lord Nelson | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Angela Burdett Coutts ( United Kingdom). Lord Nelson was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Sabine | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at "Motul", Spain. |
| Sprightly | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hartelpool, County Durham to Calais, France. The leak was fixed and she resumed her voyage. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Linda | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariel | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham and was damaged. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland. |
| Brightman | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Alice Thorndike ( United Kingdom). Brightman was on a voyage from St. Stephen, New Brunswick to London. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Swinebottoms, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Eliza | Guernsey | The collier, a barque, was driven ashore and wrecked in Donameney Bay, Finistère, France with the loss of five of the eight people on board. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to L'Orient, Morbihan, France. |
| Ida Charlotte | Sweden | The schooner ran aground near Hirtshals, Denmark and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Gothenburg. |
| Ritson | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (45°44′N 10°44′W﻿ / ﻿45.733°N 10.733°W﻿ / 45.733; -10.733) with the loss of one of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the galiot Lucretia ( Netherlands). Ritson was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes. |
| Sprightly | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Calais. |
| Star | British North America | The ship was blown out to sea from Flores Island, Azores and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Saint John's, Newfoundland. She drove ashore on 17 December and was wrecked. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near Swinemünde. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Swinemünde. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Edward Kinney | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Ebro. Her crew were rescued. |
| Johanna Kirwan | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and was beached at Fethard, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Waterford on 28 December. |
| Mariquita | France | The chasse-marée ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a sinking condition. |
| Mermaid | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Wicherdina | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward Henry | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at the mouth of the Ebro. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Huelva, Spain. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Tramore Bay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork. |
| Garland | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Mahón, Menorca, Spain with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Algiers, Algeria. |
| Georgiana | United Kingdom | The ship departed from New York, United States for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Marie Antoinette | France | The ship was wrecked near Sidi Ferruch, Algeria with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Algiers, Algeria. |
| Napoleon III | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sidi Ferruch with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Algiers. |
| Santa Maria | France | The brig sprang a leak and sank at Algiers. |
| Undaunted | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Algiers. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward and Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Valencia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Idas | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire and was scuttled. |
| Lord Clarendon | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| New York | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Manasquan, New Jersey. All 307 people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. |
| Tasso | British North America | The barque was wrecked near the Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, United States with the loss of four of her crew and two rescuers. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Clarita | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Vera Cruz, Mexico. |
| Edgecombe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Quayquapu". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio de la Hacha. |
| Estrella | Mexico | The pilot boat was wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Fortune | France | The barque was wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Guadeloupe | Mexican Navy | The paddle frigate sank at Vera Cruz. |
| Iturbide | Mexican Navy | The steamship was wrecked at Vera Cruz with the loss of 72 of the 89 people on board. |
| Inca | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Redwing Rocks. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York. |
| Iris | Rostock | The galiot was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of seven of her eight crew; her captain was rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rostock. |
| Levrier | France | The ship was wrecked at "Palmos" with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Marie and Minde or Marie Min | Denmark | The ship was stranded at "Warrepoer" or "Woruss". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to "Skielskior" (Skælskør?). |
| Nenuphar | United States | The brig was wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Rimac | Kingdom of Sardinia | The barque was wrecked at Vera Cruz. |
| Thomas C. Sawyer | United States | The ship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bream | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Berry Islands, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Matanzas, Cuba. |
| Christian | Sweden | The brig was discovered derelict in the Mediterranean Sea and was towed in to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Felicity, and Vanguard | United Kingdom | The barque was run down and sunk in the Clyde by the steamship Vanguard. Felicity was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to the Clyde. Vanguard ran aground. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hilda | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Klitmøller, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued by John Wesley ( United Kingdom. Mary Ann was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Southwold, Suffolk. |
| Martha's Vineyard | United States | The ship ran aground in the Clyde whilst trying to navigate past the wrecked of Felicity ( United Kingdom). |
| St. James | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the George's River. She was on a voyage from Thomastown, Mississippi to New York. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Westkapelle, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Antwerp, Belgium. she was refloated and taken in to Antwerp. |
| Henry and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Bruges, West Flanders. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 28 January 1857 and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Marie Jeanette | Netherlands | The ship foundered off the coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by a fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Akyab, Burma. |
| Paramatta | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Gibraltar to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anita | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Savanilla, Republic of New Granada with the loss of twelve of her 24 crew. Survivors were rescued by Estrella ( Spain). Anita was on a voyage from Savanilla, Republic of New Granada to London. |
| Galatea | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields, County Durham. Galatea was refloated the next day and towed in to South Shields. |
| Gipsey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the Fort of São Lourenço do Bugio, Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated. |
| Hercules | Wismar | The ship was wrecked near Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Wismar. |
| John G. Hecksher | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Anguilla. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London, United Kingdom. |
| Seagull | Norway | The brig caught fire and was scuttled at Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Shepperd | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Margate. She was refloated and taken in to Margate in a leaky condition. |
| Tasmania | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Englishman's Bank, in the Black Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Odessa. She was refloated on 29 December and taken in to Odessa in a leaky condition. |
| William Heath | United States | The brigantine was wrecked in Robin's Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Ocho Rios, Jamaica. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rhyl, Denbighshire. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground and was damaged at Demerara, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Demerara to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Demerara. |
| Mary Parry | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Rhyl. |
| Rover's Bride | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Shakespeare ( United Kingdom). Rover's Bride was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sarah Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Independence ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at San Cipriano d'Aversa, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to San Cipriano d'Aversa. |
| Metropolitan | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage on 27 December. |
| Ringdove | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Gibraltar with the loss of nine of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. |
| St. Lawrence | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the North Rocks, near Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of all ten crew. |
| Welsford | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Cape Race, Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of all but three of her 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Gibraltar. She was later refloated. |
| Earl of Seafield | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lossiemouth, Moray. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Beauly, Inverness-shire. |
| Earl of Wemyss | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. Earl of Wemyss was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She floated the next day and collided with a brig and then with Liberty ( United Kingdom), which put a skeleton crew on board. She was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Fly | United Kingdom | The schooner was reported to have foundered in the North Sea between North Sunderland, County Durham and the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire. Also reported to have out in to South Shields, County Durham on 27 December. |
| Flying Dutchman | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Bamburg Castle Northumberland. The wreck broke up on 10 January 1857. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Jersey | United States | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Louis A. Surette | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Cranberry Head, Nova Scotia, British North America with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Argyll. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to West Hartlepool. She was refloated and taken in to West Hartlepool, where she sank. Osprey was refloated on 9 January. |
| Panope | Greece | The iron gunboat was stranded in the Bay of Cobas, near Ferrol, Spain on her delivery voyage from Port Glasgow and Queenstown, Ireland to Greece. |
| Stag | United Kingdom | The brig struck the St. Estève Rock, off the Château d'If, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Franc and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Thornton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Weldaad | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Colberg. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated on 29 December and taken in to "Colbermünde". |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Banff | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Bee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Concordia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Brake Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Ribadesella, Spain. She floated off but consequently sank off Deal, Kent. Her crew survived. Concordia was refloated on 31 December and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Janette | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cromarty. She was on a voyage from Brora, Sutherland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| John G. Hecksoer | United States | The schooner was abandoned 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Anguilla and subsequently sank. She was on a voyage from New York to London. |
| Ontario | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and found to be leaky. |
| Phoenix | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Kalundborg to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Trafalgar | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Thornham, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Wanges | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Banks Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Accord | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Hornbeck", Denmark. |
| Edmund | United Kingdom | The ship abandoned in the North Sea. Her captain was rescued by Scottish Maid ( United Kingdom); the rest of the crew took to the longboat. |
| Fanny Huntley | United Kingdom | The brig struck the pier and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Laurie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Petite Passage. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Auburn | British North America | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Jamaica. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was refloated on 8 January 1857 and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Ella | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Francis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The barque sank in Rhos Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Gibraltar. |
| Ricardo | Hamburg | The brig was wrecked on the Blanquillas Reef, off the coast of Mexico. |
| Tribune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cádiz, Spain. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles McLaughlin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Martinique. |
| Garricks | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff. |
| Rosina | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Superior | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Halcyon | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on a reef 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. All on board survives. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1856 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Algomah | United States | The 114-foot-9-inch (35 m), 269.14-gross register ton brig collided with the schooner Storm King ( United States) in the harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and sank. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Capitol | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Horizon ( United Kingdom). Capitol was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Carlsbad | Sweden | The brig sank at "Le Frioul", southern France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Castor | France | The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Sardinia. |
| Crawfords | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Málaga, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga. |
| Ellis | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Toronto, Province of Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Inga | Denmark | The ship was wrecked Domsten, Sweden. |
| John Currier | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Phoenix Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated on 10 December but subsequently broke up. |
| John Garrow | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by E. Z. ( United Kingdom). John Garrow was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool. |
| Kim Chang Leang | Netherlands East Indies | The barque was wrecked in the Kangean Islands in late December. She was on a voyage from Ampana to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Lord Clarendon | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Therapia, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Marseille. |
| Maria Aurelia | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Friedrichsort Point, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to London. she was refloated on 3 December and found to be severely leaky. |
| Maria Ross | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth before 8 December. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated. |
| Mercurius | Netherlands | The barque was driven ashore on the north coast of "Bintang", Netherlands East Indies with the loss of about 100 lives. She was on a voyage from Amoy, China to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Rosalie | France | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées before 25 December. Her crew were rescued. . |
| Sarah and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated on 4 December. |
| Scotland | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on a reef off "Wango Wango Island". She was on a voyage from China to Bombay, India. She was refloated two days later and completed her voyage, arriving at Bombay on 17 December. |
| Stad Tiel | Netherlands | The ship was lost before 10 December. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Statira | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the River Mersey. |
| Stephen J. Young | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Jane Lovett ( United Kingdom). Stephen J. Young was on a voyage from St. Stephen, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool. |
| Storm King | United States | The schooner collided with the brig Algomah ( United States) in the harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and sank. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Scio before 4 December. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to "Maratonise". |
| Thomas and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Dojor Kossa, in the Black Sea before 17 December. Her crew were rescued. |