# List of shipwrecks in December 1823

The list of shipwrecks in December 1823 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1823.

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United States | The ship was driven ashore on "Stortemelk", She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Baltimore | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Rockaway Shoals. off the coast of New York. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom to New York City. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Seaford, Sussex with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, British North America to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Delight | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland. |
| Freundschaft | Bremen | The galiot was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her twelve crew were rescued by Lancaster ( United Kingdom). Freundschaft was on a voyage from the River Gambia to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Goodintent | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Gromsey, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Workington. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Workington. |
| Maria Frederica | Denmark | The ship sank near Gothenburg, Sweden. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belvidera | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Belvidera was refloated on 17 December. |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was refloated on 17 December. |
| Drover | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Southsea, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ellison | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Rolla Bay, Prince Edward Island, British North America and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Margaret | Hamburg | The ship ran aground at Alvarado, Mexico. She was refloated but found to be leaking and was consequently beached. Margaret then capsized and was subsequently declared a total loss. |
| Mercury | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to Liverpool. Mercury was refloated the next day. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by the Liverpool Lifeboat. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrew | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Liverpool. She was subsequently refloated. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Ferry Dock, Hull, Yorkshire. She was later refloated. |
| Celeritas | Prussia | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingstown, County Dublin, United Kingdom. |
| Creole | France | The ship was lost at Havana, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Havana. |
| Eliza Plummer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jamaica. Eliza Plummer was refloated on 17 December. |
| Ellison | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was subsequently driven ashore south of Seaforth, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Miramichi to Liverpool. |
| Evia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mile House Rocks, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Waterford. |
| Grand Turk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. Grand Turk was refloated on 7 December and put back to Liverpool. |
| John Reid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba. John Reid was refloated on 17 December. |
| Marchioness of Huntley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast off Essex, in early December, She was subsequently driven onto the Maplin Sand by 6 December. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the River Thames. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Maplin Sand. She was refloated on 5 December and taken in to the River Thames. |
| Margaret | Hamburg | The brig ran aground at Alvarado, Mexico. She was refloated and beached but capsized and was a total loss. |
| Marquis Cornwallis | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Dogger Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly. |
| Phœbe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Southend, and Foulness, Essex. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Robert | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for London. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Sophie | Kingdom of Hanover | The galiot was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America. Triton was refloated the next day. |
| True Briton | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool bay and lost her rudder. She consequently came ashore on the Cheshire bank of the River Mersey and was wrecked. Union was on a voyage from Miramichi to Liverpool. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Bootle Bay. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agenoria | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Plumb Point, Jamaica. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London. |
| Black Snake | United States | The ship sank at Eastport, Maine. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Portgordon, Morayshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to London. |
| Corsair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Penrose Point, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Greenock, Renfrewshire. Corsair was later refloated and taken in to Greenock. |
| Cossack | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newgale, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi Bay to Dublin. |
| Duxbury | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Duxbury was refloated on 6 December and taken in to Ramsgate. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Emanuel | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Balg Sandbank, in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Medemblik, North Holland to Tönningen, Duchy of Holstein. |
| Esperance | Hamburg | The ship foundered at the mouth of the Elbe with the loss of six of the twelve people on board. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Hamburg. |
| Fair Play Mary Bell | United States | The schooners were driven into each other and sank at Eastport with the loss of two lives. |
| Gratitude | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Wittenbergen". She was refloated on 9 December. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kettlebottom Sand, in the North Sea and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Hazard | France | The ship was wrecked at Sables d'Olonne, Vendée. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Hull. |
| Hercules | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore east of Port Seton, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Hercules was later refloated and taken in to Aberlady Bay. |
| John & Frederick | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lisbon. John & Frederick was later refloated. |
| John and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. |
| Josephine | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands. |
| Laurel | Jersey | The ship departed from Rio de Janeiro for Jersey. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lord Middleton | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. All fourteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Andrew, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Marie | France | The ship was wrecked south of Tybee Island, Georgia, United States with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Mary | United States | The brig was driven ashore at the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, Lubec, Maine. |
| Matchless | United Kingdom | The hoy sank alongside HMS Canada ( Royal Navy) at Sheerness, Kent with the loss of a crew member. |
| Minerva | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Filgen Plaat, in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg. |
| Monarch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Ballantrae, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Lossiemouth, Morayshire. |
| Sophie | Portugal | The ship was wrecked on the Sandwich Flats, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Faro, Portugal. |
| Sophia Cornelia | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked on the Nordergrund, in the North Sea off Cuxhaven with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. |
| Swallow | United States | The ship sank at Eastport. |
| Tigris | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Tynemouth, Northumberland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Verroisseling | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Amsterdam. |
| Virginia Packet | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats. She was on a voyage from Virginia to London. Virginia Packet was refloated on 5 December and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent for repairs. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off "Huntley Point". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| William & Henry | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Nordergrund. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Hamburg. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Waveney | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Liverpool. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ligera Roca | Spain | The schooner struck a reef off "Montany Point" and foundered. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York, United States. |
| Streamlet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hartley, Northumberland. Seven crew were rescued by Pomoma ( United Kingdom). William was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christian and Elixabeth | Sweden | The ship was abandoned off Cape Wrath, Caithness, United Kingdom. She came ashore at Strathy Head, Caithness on 11 December and was wrecked. |
| Jean | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by Probity ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adeline | United States | The ship was wrecked at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Aspasia | United States | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Oost, Kingdom of Hanover. |
| Charlotte | Russia | The ship struck a rock and foundered off Hindoen, Norway. Her crew survived, She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the St. Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Henrietta | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Oost. |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Ramsey, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bovenbergen, Jutland with the loss of all hands. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gute Carolina | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Ventava, Courland Governorate She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Ventava. |
| Frau Anna Margaretha | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Virga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Newry, County Down, United Kingdom. |
| Laurentia | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Jutland with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Copenhagen. |
| London Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Neuwerk, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg. |
| Vittoria | Jamaica | The ship was beached on Crooked Island, Bahamas, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Fresh Water Bay, Pembrokeshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Pembroke. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore off Ystadt, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Ystadt. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Baltrum, Kingdom of Hanover. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Osbaldeston | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off South Shields, County Durham. |
| Providentia | Dantzig | The ship was wrecked on "Neuhuren". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Prussia to Dantzig. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann & Jane | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Deal, Kent to South Shields, County Durham. Ann & Jane was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Scarborough. |
| Annes | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Rathlin Island, County Antrim with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hoppet | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore in Widewall Bay. She was on a voyage from Uleåborg (Oulu) to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off Blackpool, Lancashire with the loss of two of the fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near the "Holman", Denmark. |
| Union | United States | The ship was wrecked on Anegada. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Bath, Maine. |
| Wackzamkeit | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on the Tegeler Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fortuna | Gibraltar | The ship was wrecked at Bilbao, Spain. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Blackpool, Lancashire. |
| Mercy | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 4 leagues (12 nautical miles (22 km)) off the Galloper Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by Naiad ( Prussia). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Charente. |
| Sceptre | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was subsequently patched and refloated, and was beached for repairs on 19 January 1824. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Black Hall Head. Her crew were rescued, She was on a voyage from London to Limerick. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The transport ship was driven against the quayside at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and sank. |
| Maria Henrietta | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Embden. |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner was sighted in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off The Staples. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen |
| William Leece | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland, British North America for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angelica | United States | The ship was wrecked on Buck Island, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Fabie | Antigua | The brig capsized in a squall in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Milford ( United Kingdom). Admiral Fabie was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States to Antigua. |
| Andersons | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Isabella | Kingdom of Hanover | The ship was driven ashore crewless and wrecked on Juist. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Kiero (flag unknown). She was on a voyage from Rostock to Madeira, Portugal. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged when HMS Queen Charlotte ( Royal Navy) was driven into her at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Frederikshavn and Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Cobham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to São Miguel Island, Azores. Cobham was later refloated and taken in to Portsmouth. |
| Cygnet | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay and damaged. She was refloated and beached on 20 December. |
| Dispatch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Littlehampton, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto Hamilton's Bank, in The Solent and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Portsmouth and Chichester, Sussex. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to London. Endeavour was later refloated. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and sank at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Swinna, Orkney Islands with the loss of four lives. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexis | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. Alexis was refloated in early January and towed to Copenhagen. |
| Alliance | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Courier | France | The ship was wrecked in Chale Bay, She was on a voyage from "Croisie" to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Henrietta Johanna | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Kronborg, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Stockholm. She was declared a total loss. |
| Hersteller | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Memel to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Hersteller had been refloated by mid-January. |
| Hoppet | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near Kronborg. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Hoppet had been refloated by mid-January and towed in to Copenhagen. |
| Johan | Stettin | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kronborg. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. |
| Latona | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. Latona had been refloated by mid-January and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Opreisingen | Norway | The ship sank near "Longsound". |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Kronborg. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. Sarah was refloated in early January 1824 and put into Copenhagen. |
| Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kronborg. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Vrau Christine | United Kingdom | The ship was lost 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Kragerø. |
| Zwey Freunde | Norway | The ship was driven ashore near Fredriksvern. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cossack | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of New York, United States in late December. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York City. Cossack had been refloated and towed in to New York City by 29 December. |
| Fortuna | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Palmer | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Wexford with the loss of all hands. |
| Twee Gebroders | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore near Scharhörn. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen. Twee Gebroders was refloated on 18 December and taken in to Cuxhaven. |
| Vanguard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Warkworth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| HMS Arab | Royal Navy | The Cruizer-class brig-sloop was wrecked in Broadhaven Bay with the loss of all 121 crew sometime between 15 and 24 December. |
| Beehive | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dale | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to the Clyde. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Wainfleet Fleets, in The Wash off the coast of Lincolnshire. |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hamburg for Hull. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The pilot boat foundered off the Isle of Wight. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballywalter, County Down. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The smack was lost on the Oaze, in the Thames Estuary with the loss of all hands. |
| Havanna | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Domingue to London. |
| Valiant | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued. |
| Vanguard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cato | United Kingdom | The ship was driven against the pier and sank at Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bigbury Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Prosperity | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea off Douglas, Isle of Man and was beached at Surley Head, where she broke her back. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelheid | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the West Plaat, in the North Sea and subsequently came ashore at Oostvoorne, South Holland where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. Adelheid was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Erwartung | Prussia | The ship was lost near Hørning, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All 22 people on board survived the wreck but subsequently perished. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Moseley Porto Bello | United Kingdom | The ships were in collision in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Both vessels foundered on the Corton Sand. Their crews were rescued. |
| True Blue | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Stromness, Orkney Islands for Sligo. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, off the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Dantzig to an English port. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was sunk by ice in the Restigouche River. |
| Regent | United Kingdom | The brig sank at Margate, Kent in a gale. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Wyborg, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. Friends was refloated on 31 December and taken in to Hull. |
| Nelson | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore near Grado, Austrian Empire. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Trieste. |
| New Triton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Whitehaven, Cumberland, where she was wrecked on 29 December. New Triton was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Plymouth Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. Plymouth Packet was later refloated. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Prince Edward Island, British North America for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |
| Sampson | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Prince Edward Island for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Niger | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grenada. |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Wick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. |
| John o'Groat | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Ravenglass, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maryport, Cumberland. Aid was refloated in early January 1824 and taken in to Maryport. |
| Alm | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Helmsley Rocks, near Warkworth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, United Kingdom of the Netherlands to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Labasheeda, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Lyme | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cork for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aim | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Hauxley Rocks, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Netherlands to Dundee, Forfarshire. Aim was refloated on 12 January 1824 and taken in to Blyth, Northumberland. |
| Haford | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near the "Rock Pearch". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Collingwood | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the coast of Ceará, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to London |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Long Island, New York, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York City. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1823 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anderson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop struck a rock off Newbiggin Point, Northumberland, capsized and sank in mid-December. Her crew were rescued by Traveller ( United Kingdom). |
| Annes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. |
| Billow | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Newfoundland in late December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Black Jack | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked at Port Macquarie. |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and damaged near Ystad, Sweden before 13 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Aalbeck". She was on a voyage from Riga to Dundee. Ceres was refloated on 15 September 1824. She was taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden for repairs. |
| Ceres | Hamburg | The ship foundered off the mouth of the Elbe with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Hamburg. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, British North America. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to a British port. |
| Chieftain | United Kingdom | The ship doundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly in mid-December. |
| Concordia | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Juist, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Norway to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Duchess of Berry | United Kingdom | The steamship was sunk at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France by a West Indiaman. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, off the coast of Jutland. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Eider. She was reported to be a wreck by late February 1824. |
| Fidelita | Portugal | The ship was abandoned before 15 December. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Gibraltar. |
| Frances | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. |
| Henriette Johanne | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro' Brazil to Stockholm. Henriette Johanne was refloated in early January and taken in to Helsingør. |
| Hoffnung | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked on the Vlaak Sandbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Hyperion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Ystad before 13 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. |
| Idogheden | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Gibraltar. Idogheden was refloated in early January and taken in to Landskrona. |
| Isabella | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Juist. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, British North America. All 22 passengers and crew survived, but died of exposure before they could be rescued. Jessie was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to London. |
| Laurentius | Denmark | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Tobago ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Hull. Leeds was refloated on 30 December. |
| London | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on the coast of Newfoundland, British North America with the loss of six of her crew. |
| Marianne | France | The ship was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Marie | France | The ship was wrecked south of Tybee, Georgia, United States in early December with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Fredrikshavn and Skagen, Denmark in a capsized state before 27 December. |
| Nelson | Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore at Grado, Austrian Empire before 26 December and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Trieste, Austrian Empire. |
| Phoebe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Southend and Foulness Island, Essex before 7 December. |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The ship was lost 20 nautical miles (37 km) off St. John's, Newfoundland, British North America. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to St. John's. |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London. Sarah was refloated in early January and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off the South coast of Antigua. |
| Trent | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean. Four survivors were rescued by Margaret Ann ( United Kingdom). |
| Venus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Venus was refloated on 4 December and taken in to Falmouth. |