# List of shipwrecks in January 1857

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

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Alacrity | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Malta. |
| Auguste Willman | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Brenda | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven into another ship and damaged at Malta. she was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, to London. |
| Clemanthe | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Dunaskin | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Penzance, Cornwall with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Elizabeth Lewis | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Ferdinand | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The schooner was driven ashore at Malta. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of three tugs and taken in to South Shields. |
| Henry Holman | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Iona | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Buck Island, off Grand Manan, New Brunswick, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Johannes Kepler | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Rostock to an English port. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Marsamxett Harbour, Malta. Her crew were rescued by the brig Concettina ( Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). |
| Pallas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was refloated on 11 January and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Thor | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Wilhelmine | Netherlands | The galiot was severely damaged in a gale at Malta. |
| Point of Ayr Lifeboat | United Kingdom | The lifeboat capsized off Rhyl, Denbighshire whilst going to the aid of a brigantine which sank off Abergele. All thirteen crew were drowned. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brigantine sank off Abergele. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore near Prestatyn, Flintshire. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship struck The Plough and was damaged. She put in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
| Alacrity | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Malta. She was consequently condemned. |
| Blossom | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| HMS Cracker | Royal Navy | The gunboat broke from her anchors and ran aground in Sliema Creek, Malta. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Fancy and HMS Recruit (both Royal Navy). |
| Ferdinand | Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Powder Magazine Point, Malta. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to an English port. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Helsingør. |
| Innes | United Kingdom | The ship struck The Plough and partly sank. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 10 January and was towed in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs. |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off Vindicari Island, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to London. |
| Mehemet Ali | France | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gozo, Malta with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Algiers, Algeria. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She had been refloated by 13 January. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. |
| Celerity | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of the Sunk Lightship ( Trinity House) by the paddle steamer City of London ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by City of London. |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the brig Eden L. ( Austrian Empire). Courier was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to an English port. |
| Don Quixote | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore at Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Duchess of Northumberland | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all four crew. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia, to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She had been refloated by 13 January. |
| Forester | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven. |
| Georges Clemencia | France | The ship was driven ashore at "Gamark", near Tunis, Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Tunis. |
| Koningen der Nederlanden | Netherlands | The ship ran aground at Milford Haven and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 12 January. |
| Letitia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was severely damaged in the Firth of Forth with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was towed in to Leith, Lothian. |
| Maria and Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She had been refloated by 13 January. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. |
| Prudence and Betsey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. |
| Sarah and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Rhymney, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Triumph | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Tweed | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The coaster, a brig, was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sandsend, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Absalom, or Epsilon | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Craster, Northumberland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Agenoria | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew survived. |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Cullercoats, Northumberland with the loss of all hands. A boat and wreckage from the ship washed up there. |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in Runswick Bay with the loss of all hands. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bawdsey, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Abergele Bay with the loss of her captain. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Torquay, Devon, to Hartlepool. Anne was refloated on 11 January and towed in to West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Argus | Denmark | The brig was wrecked on Læsø. Her crew were rescued. |
| Athelstan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground 18 nautical miles (33 km) east of Demerara, British Guiana. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Demerara. |
| Atlantic | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 12 January and towed in to South Shields. |
| Ayres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton, County Durham. |
| Carus, or Eurus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent, to Hartlepool. |
| Colchester | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Northumberland. |
| Commodore | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at East Tarbert, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Curlew | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. |
| Dalkeith | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed. |
| Duke | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Middleton with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated on 8 January and towed in to Hartlepool. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. |
| Earl of Clancarty | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham with the loss of all but two of her crew. |
| Eidendensche | Netherlands | The galiot foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Abergele Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Empress | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Longscar Rocks. She floated off but was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton with the loss of all but four of her twelve crew. |
| Emulous | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham, to London. She was refloated on 13 January and taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Newbiggin, Northumberland with the loss of all hands. |
| Espilon | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland with the loss of all hands. |
| Era | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Blackhalls, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Factor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. |
| Fairy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. |
| Fanny Bailey | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with a hulk and was beached at Hubberstone Pill, Pembrokeshire in a severely damaged condition. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Georgina | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Low Hauxley, Northumberland. Her five crew were rescued by the Hauxley Lifeboat. |
| George IV | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier sank at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool. |
| Gulterus | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Warkworth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Hull, Yorkshire or vice versa. Gulterus was refloated on 12 January and taken in to Warkworth. |
| Happy Family | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. |
| Happy Return | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore south of Scarborough. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hebbert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton. |
| Helvellyn | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground and sank in the English Channel with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by Empress ( United Kingdom). |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near the Girdle Ness Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Beauly, Inverness-shire. She was refloated on 8 January and taken in to Aberdeen. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Bridlington. |
| James Bailes | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Redcar. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent, to Sunderland. |
| Janet and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig struck the pier and sank at Sunderland with the loss of a crew member. |
| Janet Walls | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. She was refloated on 15 January. |
| John French | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands. |
| Jubilee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton. |
| Lady Aberdour | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Hartlepool. |
| Lark | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. She was refloated on 15 January and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Laura | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her nine crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rochester to South Shields. She was refloated on 12 January and towed in to Hull. |
| La Vigie | France | The ship ran aground on the Mussel Scarp, in the North Sea. |
| Lavinia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Withernsea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lively | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Whitby. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Withernsea. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. She was refloated on 11 January and towed to Bridlington, where she went ashore. She was again refloated and taken in to Bridlington. |
| Margaretha | Dantsic | The ship ran aground near "Cappeln" and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to London. |
| Margaret Dean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Liverpool. |
| Marshall Welton | United Kingdom | The sloop sank in the Irish Sea north of Abergele, Denbighshire. Her crew were rescued by the Rhyl Lifeboat. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Mary and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Robin Hood's Bay with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary Anne | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore at Whitby. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The coaster, a schooner, was driven ashore at Landsend, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Whitby. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Old Hartlepool with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Medora | United Kingdom | The coaster, a brig, was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Whitby. |
| Native | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. Her crew were rescued. |
| New Happy Return | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Northumberland | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Scarborough. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Middleton. |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier and sank at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool. She was refloated on 9 January. |
| Pekin | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. |
| Penelope | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Scarborough. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Peter and Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in Runswick Bay with the loss of all hands. |
| Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | The coaster, a schooner was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 9 January and towed in to Whitby in a severely leaky condition. |
| Queen Dowager | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay. Her crew were rescued. She had become a wreck by 8 January. |
| Ratcliffe | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Filey, East Riding of Yorkshire. Her nine crew were rescued by the Filey Lifeboat. |
| Reform | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Cullercoats with the loss of all hands. |
| Sarah Ellen | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Herd Sand with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
| Sargefleet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of nine crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hartlepool. |
| Seven Dolores | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her crew were rrescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Seven | United Kingdom | The brig sank at Middleton. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
| Sisters | Denmark | The sloop was driven ashore at Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. Her crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Nyborg to Leith, Lothian. |
| Sophie | Portugal | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Warkworth. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Hauxley Lifeboat. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven into Danube British North America and was damaged by her anchor at Milford Haven. |
| Stanley | United Kingdom | The coaster was driven ashore at Middleton. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Thomas and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. |
| Thomas Gowland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France. Thomas Gowland had become a wreck by 10 January. |
| The Thompsons | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Scarborough. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Middleton. She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Hartlepool. |
| Vivid | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cresswell, Northumberland with the loss of all hands. |
| William IV | United Kingdom | The Billyboy schooner was driven ashore at Filey. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was refloated. |
| William Pitt | United Kingdom | The coaster, a brig, was driven ashore at Whitby. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Whitby in a severely damaged condition. |
| Wilsons | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Ramsdale Scar Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. |
| Wubbe | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked on Læsø with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull to Uddevalla. |
| Zephyrus | United Kingdom | The brig sank at Hartlepool. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her twenty crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent, to South Shields, County Durham. Activewas refloated on 14 February and towed in to Blyth, Northumberland. |
| Agnes Brown | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk. |
| Alexis Pierre Aimée | France | The lugger was wrecked on the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to South Shields. |
| Apollo | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier and sank at Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of a crew member. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Sunderland with the loss of all hands. She came ashore at Souter Point, County Durham in a capsized condition. |
| Banbury | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north north east of Scarborough Castle, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Boadicea | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Herm, Channel Islands with the loss of nine of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by HMRC Blonde and HMRC Eagle (both Board of Customs). Boadicea was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Cromarty | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Dunbar, Lothian with the loss of all hands, at least three lives. |
| Curlew | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Hawthorn Hive", County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, to Seaham, County Durham. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hawthorn Dene, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her nine crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Blackshaw Bank. She had been refloated by 15 January and taken in to Glencaple, Dumfriesshire. |
| Fifteen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire with the loss of her captain. She was refloated on 12 January and towed in to Grimsby. |
| Gretina | Bremen | The schooner was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife, to Leer, Kingdom of Hanover. Gretina was refloated on 12 February and towed in to the River Tyne for repairs. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Niava", 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark, to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør. |
| Helene | Dantsic | The ship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Hull. |
| Isabella | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Dram to London, United Kingdom. |
| Jane and Betsey Fox | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Coringa ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey. She was beached at Woodside, Cheshire. |
| Les Trois Sœurs | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to Sunderland. She had been refloated by 9 January and taken in to Sunderland. |
| Lille Asa | Denmark | The ship was discovered derelict in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Helsingør. |
| Lion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Strangford, County Antrim. |
| Mary Louise | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar. |
| Nancy | Sweden | The barque was destroyed by fire off the mouth of the Tagus. Her crew were rescued by Abel Gower ( United Kingdom). Nancy was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Ninus | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Boulogne. Ninus broke up on 9 January. |
| Northern Belle | United States | Northern Belle. The passenger ship, a barque, was driven ashore at Foreness Point, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Culmer White, Mary White, and Ocean (all United Kingdom). Northern Belle was on a voyage from New York to London. |
| One | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Ryhope, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton, Suffolk with the loss of all but her captain of her five crew. |
| Richard Foley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. |
| Rienzi | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hendon, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Walmer Castle, Kent. Her eight crew were rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Colón, Republic of New Granada. Reliance was refloated on 7 February and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent, where she sank. |
| Stour | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. |
| Tennant | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her eight crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The lugger foundered with the loss of all ten crew whilst going to the assistance of Northern Belle ( United States). The lugger Ocean ( United Kingdom) almost foundered going to the assistance of Victory. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all nineteen people on board. The first steamship lost on the Goodwin Sands, she was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Dover, Kent. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blenheim, and Garland | United Kingdom | The ships were in collision off the Garmoyle Lighthouse, County Antrim and were severely damaged. Blenheim was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Belfast, County Antrim. Garland was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry. Both vessels were taken in to Belfast. |
| Blenheim | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Corton, Suffolk. |
| Cathinka | Wismar | The brig was driven ashore near West Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| C. Vanderbilt | United States | The 1,041-gross register ton Stonington Line sidewheel paddle steamer, a coastal passenger ship, was driven aground in Long Island Sound on the west end of Fishers Island off the coast of Connecticut during a winter storm without loss of life. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service later in 1857. |
| Darlington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated on 18 January and towed in to Lowestoft. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| Exley | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Wight to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near "Warren Water", County Durham. Her thirteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Liverpool. |
| Hermine | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Ross Sands with the loss of a crew member. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the barque Prince Albert ( Norway). Ida was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. |
| Ion | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at the entrance to the Strangford Lough. |
| Jessie and Betty | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Coringa ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Woodside, Cheshire. |
| Lion | United States | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kingsdown, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to Callao, Peru. Lion was refloated on 9 January and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Marie Louise | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Neerlands Indie | Netherlands | The ship ran aground in the Yangtze and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Amoy to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai for repairs. |
| Newcastle | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Willem van Houten ( Netherlands). |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by William Ash ( United Kingdom). |
| Pauline | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Corton. She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland, to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Rainbow | United Kingdom | The fishing smack ran aground at Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her ten crew were rescued by the lifeboat Royal Thames Yacht Club ( United Kingdom, performing its first rescue. Reliance was on a voyage from London to Ceylon. |
| Rockcliff | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hollesley, Suffolk with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coast Guard She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to London. |
| Rocketer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Orford Haven, Suffolk with the loss of five of her nine crew. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Whitaker Spit, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
| Samuel Cunard | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Burmiston Rock, on the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of one of her twelve crew. Two survivors swam ashore, the remainder were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Exeter, Devon. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wicklow. |
| Son of Strangford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to the Strangford Lough. |
| Theodore | Austrian Empire | The ship was wrecked at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Whitby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Scarborough. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Antje | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore near Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Emden to London. |
| British Merchant | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to New York, United States. |
| Cheverell | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground off Minsmere, Suffolk, England, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to London. |
| Cornelius Grinell | United States | The ship ran aground on the Diamond Reef. she was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated and put back to New York in a leaky condition. |
| Cultivator | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore by ice in the East River, New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and placed under repair. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to Wakefield, Yorkshire. |
| Eva | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Foreningen | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Happisburgh, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. |
| Legouillon | France | The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Algiers, Algeria. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Themis | France | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition. |
| Victor | Sweden | The barque ran aground on the Sodra Haken, off the coast of Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 12 January and taken in to Landskrona. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alacrity | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Malta. |
| Alfina Egbardina | Dantzic | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Columbus | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at St Mawes Castle, Cornwall. She was refloated on 10 January and beached. |
| Dreadnought, and West Point | United Kingdom | The tug Dreadnought and the ship West Point were driven ashore in the Rock Channel. West Point was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 8 January and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to London. |
| Little Swanley | Jamaica | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Holland Bay. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amlwch, Anglesey, to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Thomas | France | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Uncle Charlie | United Kingdom | The barque was lost near Jaffa, Ottoman Syria. Her crew were rescued. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret Smith | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Inagua, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, to the Clyde. |
| Sabrina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dean Sand, in The Solent. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Comet and Echo (both United Kingdom) and the tender HMS Sprightly ( Royal Navy). |
| Sphynx | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holmes Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albertine | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Dunkerque, Nord. Albertine was refloated in late January and towed in to Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom for repairs. |
| Emily Wyatt | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Bray, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Pará, Brazil. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Kingstown, County Dublin. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Céline Louise ( France). Endeavour was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Havre de Grâce. |
| Gave | France | The ship foundered off Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Hippolite and Maria | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Comel Mawr", Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| James Buchanan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Mobile, Alabama and/or New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| John | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Gironde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Lord Ashburton | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Manan, New Brunswick, British North America with the loss of all but eight of her crew. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var, France to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Roderick Dhu | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Stavanger, Norway. She was on a voyage from New York to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (31°12′N 62°30′W﻿ / ﻿31.200°N 62.500°W﻿ / 31.200; -62.500). Sixteen crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Hamilton ( United States). Thetis was on a voyage from "Patook", British Honduras to London. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abœlino | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Barrel Rock, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London. She put in to New York, United States in a leaky condition. |
| Anne | Jersey | The smack was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. |
| Briton | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France (48°16′N 6°30′W﻿ / ﻿48.267°N 6.500°W﻿ / 48.267; -6.500). Her twenty crew were rescued by the schooner Wave Queen ( Jersey). Briton was on a voyage from London to Seville, Spain. |
| Deux Matildes | France | The brig was wrecked near Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| E. D. T., or E. F. F. | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at St. Mawes, Cornwall. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the English Channel 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Celine Luine ( France). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Gardina | Portugal | The brig was driven ashore at St. Mawes. |
| Hansa | Lübeck | The barque was driven ashore at St. Mawes. |
| Harrison | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at St. Mawes. |
| Johanna | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Mother Ivey's Bay, near Trevose Head, Cornwall. |
| Mark To | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at St. Mawes. |
| Mary and Elizabeth | United States | The barque was driven ashore at St. Mawes. |
| Princess Alice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Mawes. |
| Robert Hay | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Mawes. |
| Schiedam | Netherlands | The steamship was driven ashore near Vlaardingen, South Holland. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Sophia | Jersey | The schooner was driven ashore in Mother Ivey's Bay with the loss of all hands. |
| Tourtourelle | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Camaret-sur-Mer. She was on a voyage from Paimbœuf, Finistère, to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| True Briton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Seville, Spain. |
| Tucker | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) from Ouistreham, Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandre | France | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Trevose Head, Cornwall with the loss of all four or five crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Seville, Spain. |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Gibraltar. |
| Asia | Trieste | The steamship was driven ashore at Valona, Austrian Empire. She was abandoned the next day; all passengers and crew were rescued. Asia was on a voyage from Trieste to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Eliza Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Providence ( Portugal). Eliza Harriet was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Eliza Maria | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Gibraltar. |
| Lizzie J. Nichols | United States | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near A Coruña, Spain. She was on a voyage from New York to A Coruña. |
| Nazarine | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from New York to Gibraltar. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Constantinople. |
| Potentate | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Viana do Castelo, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to London. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bengal | United Kingdom | The schooner was in collision with the brig Agnes ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel off the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |
| Enigheden | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned in the Dogger Bank with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Thetis ( Netherlands). Enigheden was on a voyage from Stege to London, United Kingdom. |
| Gesina | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship ran aground on the Pilsumer Watt, in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Emden to London, United Kingdom. |
| Impetuous | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Torrero", Portugal with the loss of five of her seven crew. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Seville, Spain. |
| Kilby | United States | The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Margaretta | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by F. S. Means ( United States). Margaretta was on a voyage from South Shields to New York, United States. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was consequently condemned. |
| Theda | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship ran aground on the Hamburg Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Norden to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Tyne | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in Chapman's cove, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of St Albans Head, Dorset. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to London. HMS Devastation ( Royal Navy), the tug Aid ( United Kingdom) and four other tugs assisted in the salvage operation. Tyne was refloated in mid-March and towed into Southampton, Hampshire. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the Sand Heads, India for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ærial | United Kingdom | The ship was towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a derelict condition. |
| Broomielaw | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Dundalk, County Louth. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Dundalk. She was refloated on 18 January. |
| Fides | Sweden | The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She became a wreck the next day. Her fourteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Algiers, Algeria. The wreck subsequently floated off, and came ashore at Oostduinkerk, West Flanders, Belgium before 17 February. |
| Hebe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Cádiz, Spain, and Gibraltar. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| LXVII | Trieste | The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at "Dalla". She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Trieste She was refloated. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The waterlogged schooner was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. |
| Defiance | Isle of Man | The smack was wrecked on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elise Marie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, to Brest, Finistère. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Willunga, South Australia. |
| Luna | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Emden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Horn Head, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. |
| Morwenna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven against the pier at Brixham, Devon. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool. |
| Viestace | Spain | The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack New Gipsy ( United Kingdom). |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anita | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Tarifa, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Málaga, Spain. |
| Escape | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated. |
| George and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Isabel | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Rob the Ranter | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Moy. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. |
| Shark | British North America | The ship ran aground on the Hook Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Poole, Dorset. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Devastation | Royal Navy | The Driver-class sloop ran aground in the Solent. She was refloated. |
| Endeavour | New Zealand | The schooner ran aground on a sandspit at the mouth of the Clutha River, New Zealand, and was wrecked. |
| Herald | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Holmes Hole, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated on 16 February. |
| Norway | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tyne. She was refloated the next day. |
| Robert Watson | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Harwich, Essex. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde Vale | United Kingdom | The smack struck the Sillicar Rocks, on the cost of Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs. |
| Earl of Durham | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Mathilde | France | The brig was wrecked on Menorca, Spain, with the loss of ten of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Senegal. |
| New York | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York. |
| Orissa | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cohasset, Massachusetts with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India, to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Paolo | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Port-Blanc, Côtes du Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bahia, Brazil. |
| Sincerity | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall, to Gloucester. |
| Tedesco | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Swampscott, Massachusetts, with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Triune | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at the mouth of the River Tyne. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arthur Anderson | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore on Bressay, Shetland Islands and sank. She was later refloated. |
| Crown | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Haltwhistle | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground off Callantsoog, North Holland, Netherlands, and was wrecked with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, to Bremen. |
| Henry H. Crapo | United States | The whaler, a barque, capsized in a squall in the Indian Ocean (32°30′S 32°00′E﻿ / ﻿32.500°S 32.000°E﻿ / -32.500; 32.000) with the loss of all but two of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship England ( United Kingdom). Henry H. Crapo was on a voyage from St. Augustin Bay, Madagascar to Dartmouth, Massachusetts. |
| Lord Ashburton | British North America | During a voyage from Toulon, France, to St. John, New Brunswick, the 155-foot (47 m), 1,009-gross register ton barque was blown onto rocks during a winter storm at Eel Brook Cove, near Ashburton Head, on Grand Manan, New Brunswick, and wrecked at 44°47.668′N 066°46.229′W﻿ / ﻿44.794467°N 66.770483°W﻿ / 44.794467; -66.770483﻿ (Lord Ashburton). Her crew of 29 was swept overboard, and only eight survived and reached shore. |
| Œron | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on The Skerries, off Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to London. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition. |
| Thomas Fielden | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin and became severely hogged. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma, to a British port. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alchymist | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Portrush, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Londonderry. |
| Dan Glaister | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Montrose, Forfarshire Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 25 January. |
| Daylesford | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Saona Island, Dominican Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Acapulco, Mexico. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Groudle, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Franklin | United Kingdom | The barque abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 1 ( Netherlands). Franklinwas taken in to Rotterdam, South Holland in a derelict condition. |
| Isla | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and sank at Nieuwport, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham, to Nieuwpoort. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to London.refloated and taken in to Harwich in a leaky condition. |
| John Thomas Carr | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east north east of Malta. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Jules ( France). John Thomas Carr was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, to a British port. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Barra, Outer Hebrides. |
| Midlothian | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Madeira. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Caldera, Chile. |
| Reform | United Kingdom | The ship sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of South Shields, County Durham with the loss of all hands. |
| Reussite | France | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Great Yarmouth. She sank on 22 January. Reussite was refloated on 20 February and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Rising Sun | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near the Southerness Lighthouse, Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Robert and Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leven, Fife, to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. The wreck floated off and was towed in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland on 23 January. |
| Roussele | France | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
| Waterwitch | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked on "Uca Island", New Hebrides. Some of her crew were murdered by the local inhabitants. |
| Wilhelmina | Sweden | The schooner was in collision with the brig Galathea ( Denmark) and sank off Inchcape, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Irene | United Kingdom | The smack was in collision with the steamship Arcadia ( United Kingdom and sank off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Arcadia. Irene was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Linton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated. |
| Martha Alida | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 28 March and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cassiterides | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Arica, Chile, to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Devil's Bank, in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Calcutta, India. She was refloated the next day. |
| Friends of Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kessingland, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, to Rochester, Kent. |
| Marion | United Kingdom | The brig was driven against the breakwater at San Sebastián, Spain, and was wrecked. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Excelsior in the Moray Firth off Chanonry Point, Ross-shire and ran aground. |
| Severus | United Kingdom | The barque capsized at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Splash | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ilfracombe, Devon. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Dee. She was on a voyage from Barmouth, Merionethshire, to Mostyn, Flintshire. She was refloated but consequently had to be beached between the Point of Ayr, Cheshire and Mostyn. |
| Confederation | United States | The ship was driven ashore in the Victoria Channel. She floated off but was driven ashore and wrecked. Three of her crew were reported missing. Confederation was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, to London. |
| Gnome | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to the Clyde. |
| Grace and James | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from a port in Caithness to London. She was refloated on 2 February and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| James | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent. |
| James | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from a port in Caithness to London. |
| Japhet | France | The ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calais to Abbeville, Somme. She was refloated on 25 January and taken in to Calais. |
| Johanna | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | The schooner was wrecked on the Jadder, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bergen, Norway. |
| Little Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Louise | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Colombo, Ceylon for Bordeaux, Gironde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Great Yarmouth. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa. she was refloated and taken back to Liverpool. |
| Ritsons | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Great Yarmouth. She was refloated. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Great Yarmouth. She was refloated. |
| Warratah | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a pne of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Perseverance ( British North America). Warratah was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adam White | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by ice in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Plymouth, Devon. She was towed in to Glückstadt for repairs. |
| Amazon | Denmark | The ship ran aground off "Kjansjoand" and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Korsør. |
| Balaklava | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent, to Queenstown. |
| Elise | France | The schooner collided with the barque Agenoria ( United Kingdom) and sank off Cape de Gatt, Spain, with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Agenoria. |
| John and Jane | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Harwich, Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Bridlington, Yorkshire in a severely leaky condition. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. |
| Niels Gylding | Flag unknown | The ship was in collision with Wynaud ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Wynaud |
| Rover's Bride | British North America | The full-rigged ship was discovered waterlogged and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°39′N 41°52′W﻿ / ﻿38.650°N 41.867°W﻿ / 38.650; -41.867) by Atrato ( United Kingdom. |
| Scotsman | Malta | The brig was wrecked at Zakynthos, Greece. She was on a voyage from Mytilene, Greece, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. |
| South Esk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Montrose. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Half-Ebb Rock, off Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Harwich. |
| Fowler | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Étaples. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Henry Taylor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bridlington. |
| Hilda | Bremen | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Tagus. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from New York to Bremen. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by James Brown ( United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall, to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Jenny Lind | United States | The steamship was sunk at Savannah, Georgia when the full-rigged ship Pembroke ( United Kingdom heeled over against her. |
| Peache | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the English Channel off Portland Bill, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole to Bridport. |
| Pilot | Norway | The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Adour. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. |
| Sabrina | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore on the Crow Toe and sank with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot to Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. She was on a voyage from Poole to Hartlepool. She was dismantled in situ. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Skinner Rocks, off Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. |
| Brian Boru | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Hollywood Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Antrim. |
| Crimea | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at The Magazines, Lancashire in a capsized condition. |
| Emily | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ambassador ( United Kingdom). Emily was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Beaufort, North Carolina. |
| Généreuse | France | The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. |
| Marion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Rhos Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Antigua. She was refloated on 28 January and towed back to Liverpool. |
| Ralph Thompson | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) north west of Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Musquash, New Brunswick, British North America to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Sir Colin Campbell | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Walpole ( United Kingdom). |
| Sophia | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with Mentor ( United Kingdom) and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Azoff | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Royal Adelaide | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain, to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| St. Joseph | France | The ship struck the Linion Rocks, off Le Conquet, Finistère and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| William and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the schooner Elizabeth Ann ( United Kingdom) and sank off Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Elizabeth Ann. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Gwydwr Castle | United Kingdom | The ship struck the breakwater and sank at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, to Preston, Lancashire. Gwydwr Castle was refloated on 30 January and beached, but was then wrecked. She was again refloated on 2 February. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall, to the Isles of Scilly. |
| Honorine | France | The ship foundered. Four crew were rescued by Emilie Jenkins ( United Kingdom). Honorine was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Java | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to Gibraltar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Shanghai | United Kingdom | The barque was driven onto reefs off Grand River, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from the Swan River Colony to Mauritius. |
| Wallasey | United Kingdom | The Mersey Ferry was holed by the anchor of the steamship Fairy ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey. Her passengers were taken off by the Mersey Ferry Tiger ( United Kingdom). Wallasey was on a voyage from Egremont, Cheshire, to Liverpool. She was taken in to the Prince's Dock, Liverpool, where she sank. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince George | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Point William, Fernando Po, Equatorial Guinea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Fernando Po. |
| St. Andrew | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cape Ziard", near Latakia, Ottoman Syria. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria Alexandretta Ottoman Empire, and Alexandria, Egypt Eyalet. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anais | France | The ship was wrecked at "Tonglae" following a passengers' revolt. Some of her crew were murdered. She was on a voyage from Swatow, China, to Havana, Cuba. |
| Emma Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to "Villaricos". She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Little Belt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Poole to Bridport. She was towed in to Weymouth, Dorset in early February. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Gourock Burn. She was refloated. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Leicester | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition. |
| John Miller | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked south of Savanilla, Republic of New Granada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim, to Savanilla. |
| Lamb | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Dunwich, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent, to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Oline Cecilie | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore on Fanø. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Assens. |
| Solon | France | The lugger was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent with the loss of five of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-en-Caux, Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Taniscot | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Nassau, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1857 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was in collision with the steamship Victoria ( United Kingdom) and was reported to have been sunk between 14 and 19 January. Her crew were rescued by Victoria. Alexander was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain. She later came ashore at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a capsized condition. |
| Angiolina | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | The brig foundered off Catania, Sicily before 22 January. |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Lillesand, Norway before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to London. |
| Carlo III | Royal Sicilian Navy | The steamship was destroyed by a boiler explosion and sank in the Mediterranean Sea before 8 January with the loss of more than 50 of the 100 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Malacca ( Royal Navy) |
| Caroline R. Ferrar | Jersey | The cutter departed from Jersey for Southampton, Hampshire in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands. |
| Catherine | Norway | The brig was wrecked on the Panela Rock, off Monte Video, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Cosmo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pacific Reef, off the coast of Cuba before 25 January. |
| Curonea | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice and sank in Riga Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia, to London. |
| David | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off the coast of Norway before 8 January with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia, to Aberdeen. |
| Emily | United States | The barque capsized off Monte Video in a squall. Her crew were rescued. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Wearmouth ( United Kingdom and was abandoned 12 nautical miles (22 km) east south east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Wearmouth. |
| Fingalton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 31 January and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Golden Racer | United States | The ship was wrecked in the Min River before 30 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo to an American port. |
| Inkerman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ionian | Greece | The steamship ran aground at El Ferrol, Spain. |
| Jason | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland before 6 January. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Beadnell, Northumberland. |
| Jeune Marie | France | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Latour d'Auvergne | France | The ship was wrecked at La Tremblade, Charente-Inférieure before 20 January. |
| Liron | France | The ship was wrecked on the Portuguese coast before 20 January. Her crew were rescued. |
| Mauritius | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Grand Manan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Marie Eulalie | France | The ship was driven ashore near "Boucaud" before 29 January. |
| Melanie | France | The ship was driven ashore at "Boncaut", Basses-Pyrénées before 17 January. |
| Mercury | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Portugal Cove, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Carbonear, Newfoundland, to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nautilus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Bridlington. |
| Pilote | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore near "Boucaud" before 29 January. |
| Regina | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hong Kong. |
| Sir Edmund Lyons | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Mediterranean Sea (34°15′N 27°10′E﻿ / ﻿34.250°N 27.167°E﻿ / 34.250; 27.167) east of Heraklion, Crete. Her thirteen crew were rescued by Maltese ( Malta). |
| Sirene | France | The schooner was wrecked at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Ille-et-Vilaine before 20 January. Her crew were rescued. |
| Triumph | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire on or before 25 January. |
| Trude | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Sulina, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from the Danube to a British port. |
| Turner | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat. |
| Tweed | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Dover, Kent in a capsized condition. |
| Unanimity | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of County Durham in early January. |
| Wards | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Warren", Northumberland. She was refloated on 9 January and taken in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland. |
| William Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was presumed to have foundered in the North Sea between 2 and 8 January with the loss of all hands. |
| William's Adventure | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Worthing, Sussex. She was refloated on 23 January and towed in to Shoreham-by-Sea in a severely damaged condition. |
| Yoloff | France | The brig was driven ashore at Cape de Fer, Algeria. Her crew were rescued. |