# List of shipwrecks in January 1864

The list of shipwrecks in January 1864 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1864.

## 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gal Sal | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Harkaway | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from a smack and taken in to the River Colne. |
| Iris | France | The ship was wrecked near Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. |
| John B. White | United States Army | American Civil War: The tug was sunk by a Confederate mine in the waters of Virginia, Confederate States of America. |
| John Linn | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 29 crew were rescued by the barque Felix Bernabo ( France). She was discovered the next day by Deogaum ( Belgium). Her cargo and stores were taken aboard Deoagaum and John Linn was set afire and sunk on 6 January. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Nola | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was wrecked on a reef north west of Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Nassau, Bahamas. |
| St. Spiridone | Italy | The ship ran aground and sank at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Sylvanus | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner with a cargo of salt, liquor, and cordage, was hit at the waterline with an 11-inch (279-mm) shell and driven ashore in Doboy Sound, Georgia, Confederate States of America, by the gunboat USS Huron ( United States Navy). The tide then covered her. |
| Zeus | Prussia | The barque was wrecked near Naples, Italy. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Naples. |
| Unidentified schooner | Unknown | American Civil War, Union blockade: The schooner, a blockade runner with a cargo of turpentine, was burned at Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, Confederate States of America, by a landing party of United States Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel from the gunboat USS Nipsic ( United States Navy). |
| Unidentified ship | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Fifteen crew were rescued by the Scratby Lifeboat. |
| Unidentified ship | Russia | The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the North Sea 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) north of the Haisborough Sands. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. |

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Galeaur, São Miguel Island, Azores with the loss of all hands. |
| Celia | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Persian ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Funfte Mar | Stettin | The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the cost of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the California Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and taken in to Trimingham, Norfolk. |
| Hamburgh | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked at São Miguel Island. |
| Hamilton Grey | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Minerstown, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to La Spezia, Italy. |
| Johanna | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on São Miguel Island. She was on a voyage from Hondeklip Bay to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Maria Theresa | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Naples, Italy. |
| Three Daisies | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Penmon, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Bangor, Caernarfonshire. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham and was abandoned by all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Seaham. She was refloated. |
| Felton Park | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Odessa. She was on a voyage from Odessa to an English port. She broke up completely on 26 March. |
| Grafton | United Kingdom | The sealing brigantine was wrecked in the north arm of Carnley Harbour, Auckland Island. Three of the five members of the crew survived, despite being marooned for 18 months. |
| Irwell | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Jacatra | Hamburg | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Ninette | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to London. She was refloated the nexty day and taken in to Cromer, Norfolk. |
| Victory | United Kingdom | The paddle tug was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by a pilot coble. |
| William Parker | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Seaham. She was refloated the next day. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Circassian ( United Kingdom) and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Circassian. Agnes was on a voyage from Granville, Manche, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Bonne Catherine | France | The fishing vessel was wrecked on the Îlle Pelée Rocks, on the coast of Seine-Inférieure. She subsequently floated off and was discovered capsized in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom on 20 February. |
| Elise | Russia | The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of five of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by Queen ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Stettin to London, United Kingdom. |
| Primo Genito | Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | The ship was abandoned off Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued by a Belgian pilot boat. Primo Genito was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Venice. She subsequently ran aground off Zuydcoote, West Flanders, Belgium. |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annette Cathalina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Sea Palling, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Groningen to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 10 January and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Bienvenu | France | The lugger ran aground off the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingodom. She was on avoyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and put in to St. Ives, Cornwall in a leaky condition. |
| Bonne Catherine | France | The ship was wrecked at Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to "Tregnen". |
| Minniehaha | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Providence to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Norfolk | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Westplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Dally Bay, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Norma | United Kingdom | The brig was towed in to the Isles of Scilly in a derelict condition. |
| Petrel | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a reef off the coast of Brazil and sank. Her crew survived. |
| Zeus | United Kingdom | The ship struck a breakwater at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Amsterdam. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess of Winton | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire in the port of Valparaiso, Chile, after part-dicharge of cargo and on a voyage from Liverpool, England, to Callao, Peru. On the next day, in attempts to beach her, she went on rocks and vecame a total loss. |
| Dare, or The Dare | Confederate States of America | American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the armed screw steamers USS Aries and USS Montgomery (both United States Navy), the sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner, ran aground in fog and was abandoned by her crew at North Inlet, near Lockwood Folly Inlet, North Carolina. Boat crews from Aries and Montgomery then boarded and burned her. |
| Lincluden Castle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Galway Bay. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Galway. She was refloated. |
| Spring Flower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Killala Bay. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Sligo. She had been refloated by 10 January and taken in to Sligo. |
| Swalan | Sweden | The brig ran aground on the Flemish Banks, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. She was refloated and put into Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Trevelyan | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground on the Westplaat and was abandoned. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Black Sea. |
| George H. Warren | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnsore Point, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Provindence | United Kingdom | The brigantine was towed in to Dundalk, County Louth in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Roi de Cœur | France | The ship was wrecked at Bône, Algeria. |
| Sundsvall | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Prince of the Seas Jersey) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Fowey, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Colina | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Ballyhely, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Flipan | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Londonderry. She had sunk by 13 January. |
| Flora | United Kingdom | The 571-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia British North America for repairs. |
| Gipsy Queen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Niarbyl, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Douglas, Isle of Man in a sinking condition. |
| Marco Polo | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to Aberthaw, Glamorgan. |
| Pillgwelly | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Oquendo (Flag unknown). Pillgwelly was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | France | The ship was wrecked at Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Carmarthen, United Kingdom. |
| USS Iron Age | United States Navy | American Civil War, Union blockade: The armed screw steamer ran aground in Lockwood's Folly Inlet, North Carolina, Confederate States of America. After salvage efforts failed, she was set afire and blown up by her crew on 11 January to prevent her capture by Confederate forces. |
| Lurline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Donegal. She was refloated the next day. |
| Mercy Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by sunken piles at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and was beached. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Brest, Finistère, France. She was subsequently placed under repair. |
| Mountaineer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Ballyheige Bay, County Kerry. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. |
| Olive | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Fowler Rock, off Dundee, Forfarshire. She capsized and sank. |
| Vigo | France | The lugger was driven ashore on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Margretha | Sweden | The brig ran aground and capsized at Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hartlepool. |
| Ballarat | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked in Ardwell Bay, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Peel, Isle of Man. |
| Bjarne | Norway | The brig was wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated in late January and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed. |
| Countess of Morley | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Burial Isle, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Donna | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was refloated on 23 January and towed in to the River Tyne. |
| Estelle Marie | France | The lugger was wrecked on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the Clyde. |
| Juliana | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Torr Head, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Puerto Rico. |
| Kong Oscar | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. All fifteen people on board were rescued by the Newbiggin Lifeboat. She was on a voyage either from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to the River Tyne, or from Kristiansand to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 13 January and towed in to the River Tyne. |
| Lady Mary | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Upgang Rock, of the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 15 January and towed in to Whitby. |
| Leda | United Kingdom | The brig struck the Upgang Rock. She was taken in to Hartlepool in a leaky condition. |
| Neil Dow | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the brig William ( United Kingdom). |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of ammunition, rifle muskets, and other arms, the 500-ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a blockade runner, was forced aground on the coast one mile (1.6 km) west of Lockwood's Folly Inlet, North Carolina, Confederate States of America by the steam frigate USS Minnesota, the armed screw steamers USS Aries and USS Daylight, and the hermaphrodite brig USS Governor Buckingham (all United States Navy). A fire then destroyed her. |
| Stipan | Austrian Empire | The barque was holed by her anchor and sank at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Londonderry. She was a total loss. |
| Tantivy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Arisaig, Inverness-shire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dublin. Tantivy was refloated on 14 January and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire by the steamship Clydesdale ( United Kingdom). |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: Pursued by the armed sidewheel paddle steamers USS Keystone State and USS Quaker City and the sloop-of-war USS Tuscarora (all United States Navy) on the evening of 10 January, the 500-ton screw steamer, a blockade runner carrying a cargo of shoes, blankets, cloth, clothes, a new uniform for General Robert E. Lee, paper, and stationery ran aground between Little River Inlet and Tubb's Inlet on the coast of North Carolina. Her crew set her on fire and abandoned her. The armed screw steamer USS Aries ( United States Navy) discovered her aground and burning on 11 January. |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the Breakwater Lightship ( Trinity House) off Anglesey and was abandoned by her crew, who got aboard the lightship. She subsequently came ashore west of Cannel's Point and was wrecked. |
| Zipporah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Falkenberg, Sweden to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for repairs. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlas | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Rosetta, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Alexandria, Egypt. She was later refloated and towed in to Alexandria by HMS Psyche ( Royal Navy). |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore on the Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. She was refloated and taken in to Castletown, Isle of Man in a sinking condition. |
| Hercules | Russia | The ship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. |
| James Ewing | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Rosetta. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Napoleon III | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Esquimalt, Colony of British Columbia. She was on a voyage from London to Esquimalt. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Camden and taken in to Esquimalt. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Norwegian | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. |
| Rob Roy | United Kingdom | The tug was wrecked on the Steel Rocks, Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the River Tyne. |
| Seaflower | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sand. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 14 January and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition. |

## 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Edward | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged by fire at Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The fishing smack capsized and sank at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. |
| Excelsior | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Cochin, India. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |
| Liberator | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Mars | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anholt. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Susanne | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Monopoli, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bari, Italy. |
| Venetia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kingsdown. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |
| Unnamed | Jersey | The smack foundered off Rye, Sussex. The sole crew member on board was rescued. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bloomer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Londonderry. |
| Emma Jane | United States | American Civil War: The 1,097-ton full-rigged ship, bound in ballast from Bombay, India, for Burma, was captured and burned in the Indian Ocean off India′s Malabar Coast (07°59′00″S 76°04′45″E﻿ / ﻿7.98333°S 76.07917°E﻿ / -7.98333; 76.07917﻿ (Emma Jane)) by the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama ( Confederate States Navy). |
| Erromanga | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Stefano Point, Ottoman Empire. |
| Guiding Star | British North America | The barque was driven ashore at Southend, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated on 19 January and towed in to the Clyde. |
| Undine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of the Ilha de Itamaracá, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Paraíba to Pernambuco. She was later refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Young Racer | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: The sloop, a blockade runner with a cargo of salt, was forced to run herself aground on the coast 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, Confederate States of America by small boats from the barque USS Roebuck ( United States Navy). Young Racer′s crew then destroyed her to prevent her capture by the boat crews. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | Bremen | The steamship ran aground at Imsum, Kingdom of Hanover. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Edith | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on a pile at Montrose, Forfarshire and was severely damaged. |
| Exhibition | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. |
| Lottie Sleigh | United Kingdom | Lottie Sleigh The barque was severely damaged by an explosion of gunpowder in the River Mersey. All on board had abandoned ship before she blew up, causing extensive damage in Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was subsequently scrapped. |
| Sir William Wallace | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Thomas Protheroe | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Augusta ( Norway) and foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) south west of Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by a pilot cutter. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Edinburgh ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the River Mersey. Anna Maria was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon. She collided with a Dutch schooner, the pilot of which go aboard and she was anchored in the Sloyne. |
| Astronom | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Star of the West | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the schooners Helena and Julia and was beached at Hayle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Hayle. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benjamin Scott | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Horse Sand, in the Solent and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| Dreadnought | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aden. She was refloated. |
| Ghengis Khan | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°00′N 25°30′W﻿ / ﻿42.000°N 25.500°W﻿ / 42.000; -25.500). Her crew were rescued by the barque Edward ( Prussia). Ghengis Khan was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to London. |
| Johanna Petron, and Nella | Netherlands | Johanna Petron collided with Nella and sank off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cádiz, Spain. Nella was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Cádiz. She also sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Planet | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Mort Stone, Devon. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She put in to Ilfracombe, Devon in a waterlogged condition. |
| Royal Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Calcutta, India. Her seventeen crew took to two boats. Two crew died before the boats reached the Shetland Islands and one died in hospital. |
| Unice | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Ballywalter, County Down with the loss of three of her crew. |
| William and Sarah | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was severely damaged at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Faversham, Kent. She was refloated on 27 January. |
| Cluny | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her nine crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat and the lugger Morning Star. Cluny was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Daniel Webster | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Down. |
| Elizabeth Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the schooner Earl of Devon ( United Kingdom) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of the Longships, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Earl of Devon. Elizabeth Ann was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Eunice | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballywalter with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Jane and Jessie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballywalter. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, British North America. She was on a voyage from Harbour Grace, Nova Scotia to New York, United States. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballywalter. |
| Windsor Forest | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 25 crew took to boats; they were rescued on 25 January by the brig Aino ( Grand Duchy of Finland), the schooner Surinam ( Netherlands and a French barque. Windsor Forest was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grey Fox | United States | The 70-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice on the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky. |
| Jessie and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Stranraer, Wigtownshire. She floated off and came ashore at New Brighton, Cheshire. |
| Mermaid | United Kingdom | The brig sank off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Cullercoats, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and beached on the Black Middens, off the coast of County Durham. Her crew survived. |
| Elvina | United States | The ship was holed when a spare mast broke free of its lashings and went overboard. She consequently foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of twenty of her 31 crew. Survivors took to a raft; only three of them survived to be rescued on 27 January by the barque Claire ( France). Elvina was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Florence Adelaide | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and was wrecked in the Caramata Passage. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Protomelia | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Point Isabella, Haiti and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and proceeded for Jamaica. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aletta | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Lough Larne. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day. |
| Fifeshire | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated on 26 January and towed in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Shanghae | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Brindisi, Italy. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black and White | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey. |
| Demetrius | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ryhope, County Durham. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to London. She was later refloated and beached on the North Sand in a waterlogged condition. |
| Desert Flower | British North America | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Birkenhead, Cheshire with the loss of a crew member. Subsequently repaired. |
| Henry Fitzhugh | United States | The 217-ton sternwheel paddle steamer sank after striking ice on the Ohio River near Shawneetown, Illinois. She later was refloated. |
| Jupiter | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Salayer Strait. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Hong Kong. |
| Marathon | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) east of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Robert A. Heirn ( United States). Marathon was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | American Civil War, Union blockade: Carrying a cargo of cotton, the sloop sprang a leak, ran aground, and was wrecked on the coast of Florida while en route from Jupiter Inlet to Key West, Florida, Confederate States of America, under the control of a United States Navy prize crew. A blockade runner, she had been captured by boats from the barque USS Roebuck ( United States Navy) inside Jupiter Inlet on 19 January. |
| Star of the East | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Bremen. She was refloated on 25 January and towed in to Bremen by the steamship Sunson ( Bremen). |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Boston | United Kingdom | The paddle tug collided with Louisa Crawshay ( United Kingdom) in the River Tyne and was severely damaged. She was beached. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. She had become a wreck by 7 February. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Navestone, off the coast of Northumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from Kennet Pans, Clackmannanshire, to the River Tyne. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Czar | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Tumarac | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augustine | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Chincha Islands, Peru. |
| Eliza Ann | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the steamship Edinburgh ( United Kingdom), but one of them died soon after being taken on board. Eliza Ann was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Robert and Ann | United Kingdom | The smack collided with Lloyd's ( Norway) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Lloyd's. |
| Thomas J. Patten | United States | The 118-ton sternwheel paddle steamer burned on the Mississippi River at Walker's Bend below Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Unnamed | Norway | The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Little Florrie | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with the fishing smack Little Harry ( United Kingdom) and sank off Plymouth, Devon. Her crew survived. Little Florrie was on a voyage from London to Nassau, Bahamas. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nancy Dawson | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Long Nose Sand, off the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition. |
| Queen of Trumps | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the steamship Haswell ( United Kingdom) and sank in the river Thames. |
| Wasa | Sweden | The ship sank with the loss of six lives. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Odessa. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | Netherlands | The brig was taken in to Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from Frontera de Tobasco, Mexico to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the River Tyne. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Pará, Brazil. She was later refloated and taken in to North Shields, Northumberland. |
| Evansville | United States | The 155-ton sternwheel paddle steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Memphis. |
| Luzerne | United States | The 179- or 180-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at Crawford's Landing, Mississippi. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her six crew were rescued by Adam Carr ( United Kingdom). Matilda was on a voyage from Limerick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Moderator | United States | The 231-ton sternwheel paddle steamer was sunk by ice in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Swift | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put back to Sunderland on 30 January in a leaky condition. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George Croshaw | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. |
| Heinrich Siebrand | Wismar | The ship was driven ashore on Poel, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Wismar. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The brigantine sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Pak Waut | China | The ship ran aground in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Foochow to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine Robertson | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the steamship Tuskar ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Cloch Lighthouse, Renfrewshire with the loss of one of her two crew. |
| Contest | United Kingdom | The dandy cutter struck the Skerry of Bora, off Gairsay, Orkney Islands. She was run ashore on Gairsay and wrecked. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Nicta | Spain | The steamship was damaged by fire at Barcelona. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angelique | France | The schooner was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to the Clyde. |
| Clemence | Kingdom of Hanover | The koff was driven ashore and wrecked at Sogndal, Norway. |
| Dapper | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Vlugtheuvel, off the Dutch coast. |
| Jennie Ford, or Jenny Ford | United States | The 396-ton barque, bound in ballast from San Francisco, to Puget Sound in Washington Territory, either ran aground in San Francisco County, California, or struck a rock and sank off North Head on the coast of the Washington Territory with the loss of twenty lives. |
| Mill Boy | United States | American Civil War: Carrying a Union Army cargo consisting of forage, stores, and a cannon, the 86-ton sternwheel paddle steamer parted her anchor rope on the White River in Arkansas during a storm, drifted nine miles (14 km) downstream, struck a snag, capsized, and sank nine miles (14 km) above Jacksonport, Arkansas. Union forces salvaged the cannon, but the ship and the rest of her cargo were lost. |
| Morga | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Cape San Antonio, Cuba. |
| Star of Peace | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Lady Ingros Rocks, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east south east of Cape Orne Saki, Japan. Her crew were rescued, but her captain refused to leave the vessel. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki to Yokohama. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1864 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Preparis Reef. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Alida Margaretha | Netherlands | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 12 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brake, Kingdom of Hanover to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Alpine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. |
| Amazon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Cape Paterson, Victoria before 26 December. |
| Andrew | Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea before 17 January. |
| Arica | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore in Tarpaulin Cove before 13 January. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 January. |
| Chico | Flag unknown | The ship was captured by pirates and burnt in the Lye Moon Passage before 26 January. |
| Clarence | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 January. |
| Don Juan | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Carcos. She was on a voyage from New York to Manzanilla, Trinidad. |
| E. A. Soullard | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Kennebec River before 13 January. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bath, Maine. |
| Edisto | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Cette, Hérault, France. |
| Eliza | United States | The ship was wrecked at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York to Aux Cayes, Haiti. |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Killala Bay. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Sligo. She was refloated and taken in to Sligo, where she arrived on 8 January. |
| Enid | United Kingdom | The ship was lost near "Carabernow", Ottoman Empire before 14 January. |
| Fair City | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Slitohamn for repairs. |
| Gazelle | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked before 15 January. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint Croix, Virgin Islands. |
| General Simpson | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Chiloé Islands before 23 January. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool. |
| General Warner | United States | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Islote de Sancti Petri, Spain. She was on a voyage from New York to Toulon, Var, France and Malta. |
| Giuseppe | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hartlepool for Ramsgate in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Glorias de Maria | Mexico | The ship was driven ashore at Matamoros. |
| Graham | United Kingdom | The barque struck a sunken rock. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to the Clyde. She was consequently condemned on arrival. |
| Henzell's Patent | France | The ship was wrecked in the Seine. |
| Hero of Kars | United Kingdom | The ship was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean by Superior ( United Kingdom) before 24 January. Some crew were put on board with the intention to taking her in to Plymouth. Hero of Kars had been on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Gibraltar. |
| Ivan | Russia | The ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark before 25 January. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition. |
| James Murphy | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked near Portmagee, County Kerry before 16 January. She was on a voyage from Cork to Cahirciveen, County Kerry. |
| John L. Philbrick | United States | The barque was wrecked in the Abaco Islands before 9 January. |
| Kennett Kingsford | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Marstrand, Sweden before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Liverpool. She was refloated on 18 March and towed to Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Lady Mary Redhead | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Laura | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Laguna. |
| Linlin | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of "Truxillo". Her crew were rescued. |
| Louis Honore | France | The ship was wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. |
| Lymm Gray | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice and sank at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Malabar | Unknown | The schooner was wrecked at Mendocino, California. |
| Mary Bangs | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Merechaum | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Egypt. Her crew survived. |
| Morocco | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near "Umago" or "Winago". She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Pluto ( Austrian Empire) and taken in to Trieste, where she arrived on 25 January. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Orion | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and taken in to North Shields, Northumberland for repairs. |
| Real Salmistrida | Italy | The ship foundered off Manfredonia. |
| Sarah Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Messina, Sicily. She was subsequently discovered by the schooner Result ( United Kingdom), which put two crew on board. They took her in to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Starbuck | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the brig Hibernia and foundered off the Longships, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Statecie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Aden before 27 December. Her crew survived, but were driven away by the local Arabs. She was on a voyage from Aden to Bombay. |
| Surat | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Thousand Islands, Netherlands East Indies before 15 January. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong. |
| Undine | United States | The 158-ton sidewheel paddle steamer sank after hitting ice on the Ohio River at New London, Indiana. Her cabin separated from her hull when she sank and went over the falls at Louisville, Kentucky. |
| Usk | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Caldera, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Huasco, Chile. |
| Wilhelmina | Netherlands | The ship ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, Confederate States of America to a Dutch port. |