# List of shipwrecks in December 1857

The list of shipwrecks in December 1857 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1857.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acadia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Peniche, Portugal. |
| Beffroi | France | The brig was wrecked on the east coast of São Miguel Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| HMS Cuckoo | Royal Navy | The paddle steamer ran aground and sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent. She was refloated on 6 December. |
| Doram Andrei | Russia | The ship was wrecked at Aspö, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Epaminondas | Greece | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew took to a boat, but two of them died before they were rescued on 6 December by some fishermen. She was on a voyage from the Sea of Azov to Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Her Perantien San Persidon | Greece | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Dingle Bay. |
| Lemuel Dyer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brown Water Rocks. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated on 8 December and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas. |
| Robert James Haynes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Windsor | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from a British port to Melbourne, Victoria. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Centurion | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. |
| Leverett | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sulina, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Monarch | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sulina. |
| Pocohontas | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Rhodes, Greece. She was refloated on 10 December. |
| Sona Fratella | Kingdom of Hungary | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Berehaven, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Coast Guard and local fishermen. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes Kelly | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Girvan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Girvan. |
| Chester | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Friendship | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Baltic Sea off Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Lady Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Sheringham Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated but found to be in a sinking condition and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Thomas | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Clissera Rocks, off the coast of Anglesey, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dublin. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Devonport | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Donau ( Hamburg). Devonport was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Espindola | Norway | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to London, United Kingdom. |
| Northumberland | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All 63 people on board were rescued by Jessie ( United Kingdom). Northumberland was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John's, Newfoundland, British North America. |
| Pertindedo | Portugal | The schooner was driven ashore at Kilmore, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Viana do Castelo to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carnatic | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Mauritius. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth ( France). Columbus was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. |
| Dreig Gebruder | Kingdom of Hanover | The galiot collided with a schooner and was beached in Saltwick Bay, where she became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to "Seir". |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores (43°30′N 33°00′W﻿ / ﻿43.500°N 33.000°W﻿ / 43.500; -33.000). Her crew were rescued by Edward Thompson ( United Kingdom). Hannah was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to a British port. |
| San Spiridon | Greece | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Castlemaine, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork, United Kingdom. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aghios Spiridones | Greece | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rossbeigh, County Kerry, United Kingdom. |
| Annie Letitia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on The Needles, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to London. |
| Argo | Hamburg | The galiot was in collision with the brig Jane and Ann and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Jane and Ann. Argo was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Harburg. |
| Hermann | Bremen | The schooner struck a rock off the Isile Tremiti, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was taken in to Brindisi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
| Speculation | Norway | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked in Havøysund. She was on a voyage from Hammerfest to Hamburg. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cecilia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Aladdin ( United Kingdom). Cecilia was on a voyage from Berbice, British Guiana to London. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was driven against the pier, ran aground and was damaged at Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Seaham, County Durham. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven against the pier and damaged at Arbroath. She was on a voyage from North Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee. |
| Kate | New Zealand | The schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Toi Toi Harbour (Toetoes Bay). The wind suddenly changed when she was at the channel's narrowest point, and she was driven onto rocks, snapping her keel. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Trofana". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valencia, Spain. |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lindesfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day. |
| Milford | United States | The barque was driven ashore in the Quoque Inlet, New York. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Newhaven, Connecticut. |
| Nimrod | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore north of Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stubbekøbing. |
| Owen | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Saugor, India for Mauritius. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Torpez", 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Sines, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sines to Vila Nova de Portimao, Portugal. |
| Planet | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east south east of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her fifteen crew took to a boat; they landed at Cairnbulg. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Wallace | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship capsized in the North Atlantic Ocean approximately 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) from Cape Clear, Ireland, after being struck by a large wave. Survivors were rescued on 17 December by Colina ( New Brunswick). |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolf Frederick | Denmark | The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Lord Raglan ( United Kingdom). Adolf Frederick was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Cornelia | Netherlands | The brig was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tug Orient ( United Kingdom). |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Arbroath in a wrecked condition. |
| Jackson | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cornelia | Netherlands | The brig was in collision with the tug Orient ( United Kingdom), ran aground and was abandoned at Gibraltar. She was refloated. |
| Crimea | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at the Boston Lighthouse, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Emmanuel | Prussia | The brig was wrecked at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Eva Dorothea | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. All on board, more than 200 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Harmonia | United States | The full-rigged ship ran aground in Blommel Sound. She was on a voyage from New York to the Clyde. She was refloated but ran aground near Yell, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 12 December and taken in to Blue Minna Sound. Taken into Culli Voe on 17 December, she was declared a total loss on 19 December. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eugenie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Valentia Island, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Queenstown, County Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Bremen. She subsequently floated off and drifted out to sea. She was taken in to Cuxhaven on 14 December. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conflict | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north east of Port Louis, Mauritius. she was on a voyage from London to Port Louis. She was refloated and taken in to Port Louis. |
| Eugenie | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stettin. She was later refloated and taken in to Malmö, Sweden for repairs. |
| Valdivia | Chile | The steamship ran aground on rocks "near Sligo" and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to the Chiloe Islands. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amaranth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Atalanta | United Kingdom | The brig collided with Times ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Irish Sea off The Skerries, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. Atalanta was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Army | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated on 18 December and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Belle | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition. |
| Cynthia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Missolonghi, Greece. She was on a voyage from an English port to Patras and Syros, Greece then Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Recruit ( Royal Navy) and taken in to Patras. |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to The Downs. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atalanta | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Times ( United Kingdom) and sank in St. George's Channel. Her crew were rescued by Times. Atalanta was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Banshee | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with James ( United Kingdom) and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Fort William, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Corran, Inverness-shire. |
| Electra | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bristol. |
| Hioma | Russia | The ship was driven ashore on Osmussaar. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Reval. She was refloated but found to be waterlogged. |
| USLHT Howell Cobb | United States Lighthouse Establishment | The lighthouse tender ran aground in the Bahamas. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship New Pelton ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. All on board were rescued. |
| St. Lawrence | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from St. Andrew's Bay to Limerick, United Kingdom. She came ashore in Boylagh Bay and was wrecked. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cobourg | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Folkestone and Sandgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Folkestone. |
| Creole | France | The steamship sank in the Bay of Fundy. She was being towed from Granville, Manche to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Province of Canada, British North America to Exeter, Devon. |
| Lago | British North America | The schooner was driven ashore on the south coast of Prince Edward island. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to the Clyde. She was consequently condemned. |
| London | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The steamship was in collision with another steamship and was beached on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, where she sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. |
| Robina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Clyde. She was refloated on 30 December and taken in to "Dunmore". |
| William | British North America | The ship was beached on Rutland Island, County Donegal. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Joblings | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Lady Emma | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground and sank at Irvine, Ayrshire. Her three crew were rescued. |
| Orient | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship Clarence ( New South Wales) in the North Sea off the Mouse Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Lifeguard ( United Kingdom). |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Porthsgadan Point, Caernarfonshire and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingstown, County Dublin to Caernarvon. She had become a wreck by 17 December. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argo | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Moville Bay. |
| Chieftain | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Madras, India. She was refloated and put back to London in a leaky condition. |
| Earl of Zetland | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Moville Bay. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was towed in to Malmö, Sweden on 25 December. |
| Juffer Ellegonda | Netherlands | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Newbiggin Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. Juffer Ellegonda broke up on 19 December. |
| Mary Dare | United Kingdom | The brig was in collision with the brig Adonis ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Adonis. Mary Dure was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She broke up on 19 December. |
| Primus | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rostock. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Newburgh, Fife. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Newburgh. |
| Governess | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned off Mauritius. She was taken in to Port Louis, Mauritius on 17 December. |
| Harmonia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Culla Voe, Shetland Islands. she was on a voyage from New York City, United States to the Clyde. |
| Menodora | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with an American vessel in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Sandbank. She was consequently beached the next day near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| Volador | Flag unknown | The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amphitrite | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Noordwijk, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Anne Margarethe | Sweden | The ship was wrecked near Mandal, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nyköping. |
| Nathalia | Stolp | The schooner was driven against the quayside and ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Swinemünde, Prussia. |
| St. George | British North America | The crewless barque was driven ashore on North Uist, Outer Hebrides. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the Seaton Sea Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland. |
| Nordstjernen | Sweden | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |
| Rolla | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated on 23 December. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Archipelago | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a smack and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Bella Portena | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Braganza Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pará, Brazil. |
| Bramley | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 or 3 nautical miles (3.7 or 5.6 km) east of Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. |
| Earl of Carrick | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on a reef off Dalby Point, near Port Erin, Isle of Man with the loss of all but two of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Porto Maruizio | Kingdom of Sardinia | The brig was destroyed by fire at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Genoa. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amazon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Christiansø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Ange Mathilde | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to A Coruña, Spain. Ange Mathilde was refloated on 22 December. |
| Columbus | Spain | The brig was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. She was refloated and taken in to Deal, Kent. |
| Crimea | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| Daring | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Aux Cayes, Haiti. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. |
| William Clowes | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered derelict off the mouth of the River Tyne. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daring | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Aux Cayes, Haiti. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Brazil Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of the gig I will if I can and beached at Egremont, Lancashire. |
| Jones | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Inverness. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ambassador | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Gurse Island, in the Persian Gulf. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the Persian Gulf. |
| Mary | Hamburg | The schooner sank at Ceará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to the Rio Grande do Sul. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Varna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Tasmania. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Melbourne, Victoria. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allied Powers | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Pico Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ceylon to London. |
| Caleb | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Montreal, Province of Canada, British North America.Caleb was refloated on 29 December. |
| Dove | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 31 nautical miles (57 km) south west of the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff, Glammorgan. |
| Harborg | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at "Leeming". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wolgast, Prussia to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Madras | India | The ship was wrecked at Bimlipatam. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gefle | Sweden | The ship was lost near Sandhamn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Stockholm. |
| George | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Long Rock, off Ballywalter, county Down. She was on a voyage from Wexford to the Clyde. |
| Sir William Wallace | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at "Melliste". She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Glenmanna | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bombay, India. She was refloated. |
| Valparaiso | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Walvisch Schaal. She was on a voyage from Vlissingen, Zeeland to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was refloated and put back to Vlissingen. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sønderberg, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Terpsichore | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at Savannah, Georgia, United States. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vrouw | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballwalter, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to a French port. She was refloated and taken in to Donaghadee, County Down. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Danube | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea east of Malta. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| New Whim | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corsair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Deux Soeurs | France | The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Skandinavien | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Torrinieja", Spain. . |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ajos Nicholaos | Greece | The ship was abandoned at Sulina, Ottoman Empire before 28 December. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port. |
| Alby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Trieste. She was refloated and taken in to Venice, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Smyrna. |
| Coquette | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on or before 2 December. Her crew were rescued by the barque Capella ( Norway). Coquette was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Danæ | Hamburg | The ship capsized at Buenos Aires, Argentina in early December. |
| Felicidade | Portugal | The brig was wrecked in the Indian Ocean (31°07′S 40°41′E﻿ / ﻿31.117°S 40.683°E﻿ / -31.117; 40.683). Her crew were rescued by Blackburne ( United Kingdom). |
| Fides | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Flirt | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued by Isabella Hay ( United Kingdom). Flirt was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to an English port. |
| Fortuna | Kingdom of Sardinia | The ship was sunk by insurgent artillery fire at Saint Domingo. |
| Gossypium | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin. She was refloated and put back to Moulmein, Burma. |
| Governess | United Kingdom | The brig foundered. She was on a voyage from Ichaboe Island to Mauritius. |
| Margaretha Kristine | Denmark | The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom by Wonder ( United Kingdom). |
| Mary and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, where she arrived on 30 December. |
| Pharamond | France | The steamship was wrecked at Trabzon, Ottoman Empire. |
| Polly Hopkins | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked at Port Stephens before 11 December. Her crew were rescued. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Psara, Greece. She was refloated and repaired. |
| Resolution | United States | The schooner was driven ashore in Georgian Bay. |
| Springfield | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain. She was refloated on 15 December with assistance from the Coast Guard and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne in a severely leaky condition. |
| Times | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice and wrecked at Lazelintzy Point, Russia. |
| Vigilant | France | The brig was driven ashore in Brandon Bay. |
| Vondel | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Paracel Islands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong. |