# List of shipwrecks in January 1886

The list of shipwrecks in January 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1886.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora I | Austria-Hungary | The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Helena. Her crew were rescued by HMS Watchful ( Royal Navy). |
| Cochrane | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was refloated and beached. She was later refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom | The barquentine ran aground at Ramsgate, Kent and became waterlogged. |
| Hugh Cann | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by a steamship at Gravesend, Kent and was severely damaged. |
| Maitlands | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kelso | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and was run ashore at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| W. D. Chipley | United States | The steamship struck a snag and sank in the Chattahoochee River at Stark Clay Landing with the loss of eleven lives. She was a total loss. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at "Half Jack". The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. |
| Lady of the Lake | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Faggot Rock, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Mabel | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off Nash Point, Glamorgan with the loss of all sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frank N Thayer | United States | Two of the ship's crew mutinied and set the ship afire in the South Atlantic having killed five of her crew and severely injure her captain. The mutineers then jumped overboard. The survivors took to a boat, and landed on Saint Helena a week later. |
| Rosalie | United Kingdom | The barque was run down and sunk by a steamship off the coast of Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of nine of her ten crew. The survivor was rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolphus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Delaware Breakwater, United States. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Delight | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Arbroath, Forfarshire. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| John Pitcairn | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Whittker Sand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from[Sunderland, to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off Jersey, Channel Islands. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maggie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Meridian | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the River Ouse 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) downstream of Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and taken in to Goole. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The trow sprang a leak and sank in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Cygnus | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was driven ashore at Anstruther, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in to Anstruther. |
| Glyndur | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near "Stress". Her crew were rescued. |
| Lancaster Castle | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Durham City ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached near Barking, Essex. |
| The Native | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Ringwood Rocks, near Ardglass, County Down. Her crew survived. |
| Paul Marie | France | The brig ran aground and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmoutshire to Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Pilling, Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
| Richard | Canada | The barque was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff in a leaky condition. |
| Rosalind | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora ( United Kingdom). Rosalind was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. |
| Swallow | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Pilling. All on board drowned. |
| Whitehaven Lifeboat | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The lifeboat capsized while assisting the barque Cygnus ( Sweden) with the loss of a crew member. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked at Crail, Fife. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cornishman | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Pedra d'Arca rock, south of Cabo da Roca, Portugal and foundered. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship Whitby Abbey ( United Kingdom) and the tug Conductor (Flag unknown). Cornishman was on a voyage from Sulina, Romania to Sligo. |
| Harkaway | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost at Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from a port in South Wales with coal to Truro, Cornwall. A boat from Harkaway came ashore at Porlock, Somerset with a dead body aboard. |
| I. H. Higgins | United States | The schooner was lost in a storm. |
| Levanter | United States | The fishing schooner struck a reef near Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rattler | United States | The schooner was lost in a storm, she dragged anchor and went ashore on a ledge at Eastport, Maine and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| René | France | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Gower, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alicia A. Washburn | United States | The steamship caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off St. George Island, Florida. |
| Busy Bee | United Kingdom | The smack was run into by the smack Sparkling Nellie ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Sparkling Nellie. |
| Chrissie Wright | United States | The schooner was wrecked off Beaufort (North or South Carolina) with the loss of all but one of her crew. |
| Confidence, and an unnamed vessel | United States | The tug Confidence and the lighter she was towing foundered in Massachusetts Bay with the loss of 40 lives. |
| James Kenway | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Carmel Head, Anglesey with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. Her captain was rescued from the rigging by the Holyhead Lifeboat, the rest of the crew reached shore in a boat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. There was a Board of Trade Enquiry into the loss. |
| Mary Farr | United States | The schooner was struck by lightning at Long Branch, New Jersey. She was destroyed by fire with the loss of all hands. |
| Millie | United States | The schooner was wrecked near Boston, Massachusetts with the loss of six lives. |
| Rosamund | United Kingdom | The barquentine foundered off the Isles of Scilly. Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Flora ( United Kingdom). |
| Three unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The schooners were wrecked on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island, New York, United States with the loss of all hands. |
| 60 unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were wrecked on the coast of New Jersey east of Sandy Hook with the loss of about twenty lives. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hudson Bay | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship capsized 120 nautical miles (220 km) south of Plettenberg Bay or 16 nautical miles (30 km) south of Cape St. Francis), Cape Colony with the loss of fifteen of her 25 crew. Survivors took to a boat; they were rescued by Southern Cross ( United States). |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hylton Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship sank in the Atlantic Ocean about 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Fire Island Lighthouse, New York. Her 22 crew took to two lifeboats; one lifeboat reached shore, the other lifeboat capsized with the loss of seven lives. Survivors were rescued on 14 January by the fishing smack Stephen Woolsey ( United States). Hylton Castle was on a voyage from New York City to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Witherspoon | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts with the loss of eight of her ten crew. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in The Downs. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Earl of Beaconsfield | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Sully, Glamorgan. |
| Feronia | Germany | The steamship sank off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands with some loss of life. There were fourteen survivors; they were rescued by the steamship Berlin ( Germany). |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Altona | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Fischat | Belgium | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at "Everingen". She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Panama City, United States of Colombia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| General Gordon | United Kingdom | The steam trawler was driven ashore on the Isle of May, Fife and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lima | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to the English Channel. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Little John | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the tug Selina ( United Kingdom). |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The lighter was run into by the steamship Ralph Creyke ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Ouse at York. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Germanic' | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Egremont, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Boston | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at the Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Flying Breeze | United Kingdom | The tug was holed by the propeller of the steamship Thanemore ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Fremad | Denmark | The schooner was run into by the steamship Ituna ( United Kingdom) at Amble, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Georg Wilhelm | Russia | The galiot was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Rügen, Germany. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Riga. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Roath | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Pemptos ( United Kingdom) and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by Pemptos. Roath was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford. |
| Syren | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The fishing boat foundered off the coast of Ayrshire with the loss of both crew. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gudrim | Flag unknown | The brigantine ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and found to be leaky. She was towed to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom by the tug Sultan ( Belgium). |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andriana Stathatos | Greece | The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Riflemen | Guernsey | The schooner foundered in the North Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Coriande (Flag unknown). |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Battestina | Italy | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Dracona | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Marie | Germany | The barque ran aground on the Stony Binks, off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Hull. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Liverpool and May (both United Kingdom) and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a waterlogged condition. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Paraná River. She was on a voyage from "Mal Alrigo" to a British port. She was refloated on 11 February and taken in to "Esquina". |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kawe | Norway | The barque was abandoned off Madeira. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tunis, Tunisia to Arendal. Kawe was subsequently towed in to Tenerife, Canary Islands by the steamship Ville de Ceara ( France). |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cette, Hérault, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cette. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Bishop's Rock Lighthouse, Cornwall. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hercules | Norway | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 22°07′W﻿ / ﻿45.000°N 22.117°W﻿ / 45.000; -22.117). Her nineteen crew were rescued by the barque Lord of the Isles ( United Kingdom). Hercules was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to London, United Kingdom. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edward Eccles | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Gravesend, Kent. She was later refloated and towed in to Northfleet, Kent. |
| Regobuen | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Dymchurch, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Dover, Kent. |
| Unkel Braesig | Germany | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a British ship, either Elizabeth Ostle or Julia H.. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empress of India | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Erling ( Norway). Empress of India was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Natal Colony. |
| Storm Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Straits of Babel Mandeb. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Congella | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was later refloated with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fulmar | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Farrihy Bay, north of Kilkee, County Clare with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick. |
| Maria Catharine | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank. Both crew members were rescued by the tug Gamecock ( United Kingdom). Maria Catherine was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to London. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Barcelona, Spain. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent by two tugs. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven into the steamship Ogmore ( United Kingdom) and sank off Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. Alice was on a voyage from Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 7 April and beached. |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Abertay Bank, at the mouth of the River Tay, and was wwrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Fulmer | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abner Coburn | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the South West Spit. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |
| Alice A. Washburn | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to New York. |
| Amtmand Aal | Norway | The brigantine was driven ashore at Aveiro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Antonie Von Cleve | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Chamelecón", Honduras. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ashgrove | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Cassius ( Germany) and an Austro-Hungarian barque. Ashgrove was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port in New Brunswick, Canada. |
| Aurora J. | Flag unknown | The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Helena. She was on a voyage from Passroeang, Netherlands East Indies to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Camellia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Figueira da Foz. |
| Capella | Sweden | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. |
| Catherine | Norway | The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned between 21 and 29 January. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to London. |
| Chilian | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship August ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Chilian was taken in to Havre de Grâce in a severely leaky condition and sank there. |
| Christiansborg | Denmark | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| City of Nassau | United States | The steamship was wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina before 4 January. |
| Crystal | United Kingdom | The steamship arrived at New York on fire. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to New York. The fire was extinguished. |
| Danish Monarch | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Sea of Marmara at "Darsana Bournou", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Dido | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanddulas, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Amlwch, Anglesey. |
| Donegal | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the South Rock and was beached at Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Londonderry. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Kilrush, County Clare before 4 January. She was on a voyage from Liscannon, County Clare to Waterford. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Eliza | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Stavanger. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Stavanger. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada to Barbados. |
| Emidia | Canada | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 23 January. |
| Ethel M. Davis | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Minatitlán, Mexico. She was on a voyage from New York to the Tonalá River. |
| Emman and Esther | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. A boat washed up at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire with a dead body aboard. |
| Eugenie | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground at the mouth of the River Shannon. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Limerick. |
| Fannie R. Williams | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Caibarién, Cuba to New York. She was refloated. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Luce Bay. |
| Fenella | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Dunraven Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. |
| Folden | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Goatzacoalcos, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Fortune | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore east of Watchet, Somerset. Her crew were rescued. |
| Freight | United Kingdom | The brigantine sank off Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Fremad | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Kristiansund. |
| Freya | Norway | The barque was driven ashore west of Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Grange Fell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Foulness Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and put back to Sheerness, Kent. |
| Guide | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the Thorny Creek, in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to London. |
| G. W. Woolff | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point, India. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Calcutta, India. She was later refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Harbinger | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Baltimore, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Hardwick | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore north of Liepāja, Russia. |
| Hettie | United Kingdom | The stern-board and part of the keel of the steamship was washed ashore at Trevone Bay, Cornwall on 9 January. |
| Invermark | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Scarborough, Yorkshire in a leaky condition. |
| Isabella Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kalamata, Greece. |
| Japan | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point. |
| John | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore between "Silker" and St. Bees, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| John and Sarah | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank off Sheerness. Her crew survived. |
| Juno | Germany | The barque was wrecked on Flores Island, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Selsey, Sussex. She was refloated on 17 January and taken in to Littlehampton, Sussex. |
| Kestrel | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Cross Point, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Londonderry. |
| Leslie | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Millbay, Devon to Pembroke Dock. |
| Louise | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyngør, Norway. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. |
| Mary J. Leslie | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Corinto. She was refloated and put back to Corinto in a leaky condition. |
| Matthew Bedlington | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Newport News, Virginia, United States. |
| Mina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Bootle and Eskmeals, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Saltney, Cheshire. |
| Mira Flores | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Rottnest Island, Western Australia. She was on a voyage form London to Fremantle, Western Australia. |
| Native | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ringfade Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued. |
| Norman | Sweden | The brigantine was wrecked in the Torres Strait. Her crew were rescued. |
| N. Thayer | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York. |
| Panormos | Ottoman Empire | The steamship ran aground near Cassandreia, Kingdom of Greece. |
| Picton Castle | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Haiphong, French Indo-China, where she arrived on 23 January. |
| Pilgrim | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Patras, Greece. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Ship Channel. She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated and put back to New York. |
| Roseland | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was later refloated. |
| Sainte Anne | France | The schooner foundered at sea with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by the steamship City of Edinburgh ( United Kingdom). |
| Star of Italy | United Kingdom | The ship arrived at Calcutta on fire. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta. |
| Strathay | United Kingdom | The barque struck a rock in Hell Gate and was beached on Rikers Island, New York, United States. |
| Surprise | Denmark | The smack was driven ashore in Papa Sound. She was refloated and taken in to Stronsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. |
| Surprise | United States | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. All on board were rescued by the barque Notre Dame de la Garde ( France). The wreck was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants. |
| Tage | France | The steamship was wrecked on "Barracouta Island", Madagascar before 25 January. All on board were rescued. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vencedora | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat ran aground on the Brazil Bank, in the River Mersey. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The barquentine ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Viscaya | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Waterford. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition by the steamship Robert Owen ( United Kingdom). |
| Vorwarts | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Bahía Blanca, Argentina. |
| Welcombe | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 18 nautical miles (33 km) east of Port Albert, Natal Colony. Salvage attempts were abandoned on 23 February. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Galveston, Texas, United States. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship sank off Ventava, Courland Governorate. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in a capsized condition at "Burtonpost", County Donegal, United Kingdom. |
| Three unnamed vessels | Greece | The ships were driven ashore at Kalamata. |